Shorter v. Lawson

OPINION AND ORDER

ALLEN SHARP, District Judge.

Christopher Shorter, a prisoner confined at the Putnamville Correctional Facility, submitted a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking damages for ill treatment at the St. Joseph County Jail while he was held there as a pretrial detainee. The court must review the merits of a prisoner complaint seeking redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity, and dismiss it if the action is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is…