Ricky L. Ruch v. Allen County Jail

Summary

The court dismissed Allen County Jail as a defendant because it is a building and not a suable entity. It granted Ricky L. Ruch until December 30, 2025, to file the required ledger and an amended complaint selecting and properly pleading one related claim, and warned that failure to respond would result in dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A.

Holdings

1. Unrelated claims concerning different injuries and defendants may not proceed together in the same complaint; the plaintiff may be directed to choose which properly joined and related claims to pursue in the current case and bring any other claim in a separate action.
2. The Allen County Jail is not a suable entity because it is a building rather than a legal entity capable of being sued.
3. The pro se prisoner was granted until December 30, 2025, to file a ledger and an amended complaint addressing the misjoinder and naming a proper defendant.

Questions Presented

1. Whether unrelated claims involving different incidents may proceed together in one prisoner complaint.
2. Whether the Allen County Jail is a suable entity.
3. Whether the plaintiff should be granted leave to select a properly joined claim and amend the complaint.

Disposition

dismissed