Thomas, Otis L. v. Kala, Doctor

ORDER

Indiana prisoner Otis Thomas brought suit pro se under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that medical staff at Pendleton Correctional Center disregarded his serious medical needs in violation of the eighth amendment by refusing to order surgery for his abdominal hernia. Thomas’s claim against Dr. Eke Kalu survived both initial screening under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6), and the district court allowed Thomas to add Dr. Malak Hermina and Dr. Shamsuddin Pra-cha as defendants. But after discovery ended, the district court granted the defendants’ Rule 12(c) motion…