Cash, Elmo v. Marion County Jail

ORDER

Elmo Cash was housed for about nine months as a federal pretrial detainee at the Marion County Jail (“MCJ”) in Indianapolis, Indiana. In February 2005, after he was convicted and moved to a federal prison, Mr. Cash filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that he received inadequate treatment for his heart condition at the MCJ and that, as a result, he suffered two heart attacks shortly after leaving the jail. He named the MCJ as the only defendant and did not identify any medical personnel or jail staff who mistreated him. Because Mr. Cash had not sued a “person,” the district…