Smith v. Shettle

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ALLEN SHARP, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, all Death Row inmates incarcerated at the Indiana State Prison (I.S.P.), have filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S. C. § 1983, and invoking this court’s jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343(3) and (4). Plaintiffs are represented by court appointed counselors, Professor Tom Broden from the University of Notre Dame School of Law, Dean Ivan Bodensteiner from the Valparaiso Unviersity School of Law, and John H. MacDonald, a private attorney from Buchanan, Michigan. The defendants are represented by David A. Arthur, Deputy Attorney…