Travis William Logan, Jr. v. Brian English, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana screened Travis William Logan, Jr.'s amended prisoner civil-rights complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. The court allowed Eighth Amendment failure-to-protect claims to proceed against I/A Ivan Heishman and C.O. Navorette, while dismissing the claims against Sgt. Savontez and Warden Bryan English. The court ordered service of process on Heishman and Navorette.

Holdings

1. The amended complaint plausibly stated an Eighth Amendment claim against I/A Heishman because Logan alleged that he identified a specific and credible risk of being stabbed by an identified inmate and Heishman nevertheless placed him in the inmate's housing unit.
2. The amended complaint plausibly stated an Eighth Amendment deliberate-indifference claim against C.O. Navorette based on allegations that Navorette watched the assault for five minutes before signaling and delayed opening doors for the responding officer.
3. The amended complaint failed to state an Eighth Amendment claim against Sgt. Savontez because the allegation that he initially asked whether everything was okay before taking Logan to medical care suggested, at most, negligence and did not plausibly show conscious disregard of a known risk.
4. The amended complaint failed to state a § 1983 claim against Warden Brian English because it alleged only that English failed to protect Logan after Logan informed English's officers of problems, without facts showing that English facilitated, approved, condoned, or turned a blind eye to a constitutional violation.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Logan plausibly stated an Eighth Amendment failure-to-protect claim against I/A Heishman based on allegations that Logan identified a specific prospective assailant and an imminent risk of stabbing.
2. Whether Logan plausibly stated an Eighth Amendment deliberate-indifference claim against C.O. Navorette based on allegations that Navorette watched the assault for five minutes before signaling and delayed the response.
3. Whether Logan plausibly stated an Eighth Amendment claim against Sgt. Savontez based only on allegations that Savontez initially asked whether everything was okay before taking Logan to medical care.
4. Whether Logan plausibly stated a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 supervisory-liability claim against Warden Brian English based only on allegations that English failed to protect Logan after Logan informed English's officers of problems.

Disposition

other