Burkes v. Sweeny

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA FORT WAYNE DIVISION JIMMIE DEVAUGHN BURKES, Plaintiff, v. CAUSE NO.: 1:24-CV-234-TLS-JEM NATHANIEL SWEENY, et al., Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER Jimmie DeVaughn Burkes, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed an amended complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ECF No. 7. As required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, the Court must screen this pleading and dismiss it if it is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief. To proceed beyond the…