Martin v. DeBruyn

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MILLER, District Judge.

Plaintiff Lester Martin filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking damages and injunctive relief. The defendants are Indiana Department of Correction (“IDOC”) Commissioner H. Christian De-Bruyn, and nine officials of the IDOC or Indiana State Prison (“ISP”). Mr. Martin moved for summary judgment; the defendants have responded. For the reasons that follow, the court denies the plaintiffs summary judgment motion.

On May 17, 1993, Commissioner DeBruyn issued an executive directive and defendant W. Dean Neitzke, IDOC Director of Health Care…