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Timestamp: 2019-04-19 05:08:01+00:00

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MARION COUNTY SHERIFF, JANE DOE Marion County Sheriff Deputys in her official and individual capacities, JOHN DOE Marion County Sheriff Deputys in his official and individual capacities, CORECIVIC, INC. d/b/a CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, JANE SMITH CoreCivic, Inc. employees, and JOHN SMITH CoreCivic, Inc. employees, Defendants.
Pending before the Court is Defendant Marion County Sheriff's Office's (the “Sheriff's Office”) Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim. [Filing No. 16.] The Sheriff's Office seeks dismissal of the claims brought against it by Plaintiff Lee Pratt pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the state law doctrine of respondeat superior. [Filing No. 1.] For the reasons detailed herein, the Court is GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART the Sheriff's Office's Motion to Dismiss and dismisses Mr. Pratt's § 1983 and respondeat superior claims against the Sheriff's Office.
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)(2) “requires only ‘a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.'” Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 93 (2007) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 8(a)(2)). “Specific facts are not necessary, the statement need only ‘give the defendant fair notice of what the . . . claim is and the grounds upon which it rests.” Erickson, 551 U.S. at 93 (quoting Bell Atlantic v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007)).
A motion to dismiss asks whether the complaint “contain[s] sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to ‘state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.'” Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (quoting Twombly, 550 U.S. at 570). In reviewing the sufficiency of a complaint, the Court must accept all well-pled facts as true and draw all permissible inferences in favor of the plaintiff. See Active Disposal, Inc. v. City of Darien, 635 F.3d 883, 886 (7th Cir. 2011). The Court will not accept legal conclusions or conclusory allegations as sufficient to state a claim for relief. See McCauley v. City of Chicago, 671 F.3d 611, 617 (7th Cir. 2011). Factual allegations must plausibly state an entitlement to relief “to a degree that rises above the speculative level.” Munson v. Gaetz, 673 F.3d 630, 633 (7th Cir. 2012). This plausibility determination is “a context-specific task that requires the reviewing court to draw on its judicial experience and common sense.” Id.
On August 25, 2017, Mr. Pratt filed suit for compensatory and punitive damages, attorneys' fees, and costs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 42 U.S.C. § 1988, and Ind. Code § 34-24-3-1. [Filing No. 1 at 11.] Furthermore, Mr. Pratt requests a permanent injunction requiring the Sheriff's Office to adopt appropriate policies for hiring and supervising its law enforcement officers and agents, and for the care and treatment of the Jail inmates. [Filing No 1 at 11-12.] On November 9, 2017, the Sheriff's Office filed a Motion to Dismiss. [Filing No. 16.] Mr. Pratt did not respond to the Sheriff's Office's Motion, and it is now ripe for the Court's review.
The Sheriff's Office asserts two arguments in support of its Motion to Dismiss: (1) that Mr. Pratt failed to plead sufficient factual content to support a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim under the Monell standard; and (2) that Mr. Pratt's respondeat superior claims against the Sheriff's Office are invalid since his allegations are against unnamed employees. [Filing No. 17.] The Court will address each argument in turn.

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