Legal Opinion

SCOTT v. WELLPATH

District Court, S.D. Indiana

Decided August 18, 2025No. 1:25-cv-00539Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION JOSEPH N. SCOTT, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 1:25-cv-00539-JMS-KMB ) WELLPATH, Provider, CAREY FORRESTAL, Sheriff of ) Marion County, and NIKKI BLACK, Nurse, ) ) Defendants. ) Order Screening Complaint and Directing Further Proceedings Plaintiff Joseph Scott was a pre-trial detainee at the Marion County Adult Detention Center ("Marion County ADC").1 He filed this lawsuit under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

alleging that Defendants Wellpath (medical provider at Marion County ADC), Kerry Forrestal2 (Sheriff of Marion County), and…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Kingsley v. HendricksonSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  5. Cesal v. MoatsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017

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