Case: Flemming v. Clarke

4:93-cv-03262 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 1993

Closed Date: 1994

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Case Summary

On 08/10/1993, inmates at the Lincoln Correctional Center filed a Section 1983 class action suit, in the District of Nebraska, pro se, against officials of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. Plaintiffs complained of inadequate; kitchen and laundry facilities, medical staff, law library and legal services, and mental health facilities. Plaintiffs also complained of overcrowding and understaffing.

The District Court (Judge David L. Piester) granted plaintiffs' motions to proceed in forma pauperis and appointed private counsel to represent the plaintiffs.

In March 1994, the District Court (Judge Richard G. Kopf) dismissed the case. The case file contains only the docket and a copy of the complaint. It is unclear why the case was dismissed. There is no mention of a settlement agreement.

Summary Authors

Eoghan Keenan (6/10/2005)

People

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Judge(s)
Attorney for Plaintiff

Atkinson, Donald Earl (Nebraska)

Bowen, Phillip (Nebraska)

Burnett, Cornel (Nebraska)

Campbell, Charles (Nebraska)

Flemming, Kelly (Nebraska)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

Documents in this case

4:93-cv-03262

Docket (PACER)

July 2, 1996

July 2, 1996

Docket
1

4:93-cv-03262

Complaint Under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1983

Aug. 10, 1993

Aug. 10, 1993

Complaint

Docket

See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/9837547/flemming-v-clarke/

Last updated April 4, 2025, 10:43 a.m.

ECF Number Date Description Link
1 Aug. 10, 1993

COMPLAINT: (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

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1 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff for appointment of counsel (ICMSUSER) Modified on 08/16/1993 (Entered: 08/13/1993)

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2 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff William Toney to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) Modified on 08/13/1993 (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
4 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Calvin White to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) Modified on 08/13/1993 (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
5 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Richard Hatterman to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) Modified on 08/13/1993 (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
6 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Keith Jury to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
7 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Michael Prim to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
8 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Kelly Flemming to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
9 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Chris Bazer to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
10 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Edward Ellison to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
11 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Paul D. Kavan to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
12 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff George L. Shepard to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
13 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Luke J. Soule to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
14 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Donald Earl Atkinson to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
15 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Phillip Bowen to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
16 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Terrance Johnson to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
17 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Charles Campbell to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
18 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Nate Jacobs to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
19 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff James Monie to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
20 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Cornel Burnett to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
21 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Eric McCain to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
23 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff John Horn to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
24 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Cornell Kellogg to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
25 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Larry Douglas to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
26 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff George Kohtz to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
27 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff David Ware to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
28 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Jacquas L. Martin to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) Modified on 08/13/1993 (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
29 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Dana Jones to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
30 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Cedric Levi Hamilton to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
31 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Mark Pearce to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
32 Aug. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff James Brandon to proceed in forma pauperis (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/13/1993)

PACER
33 Aug. 10, 1993

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: by Magistrate David L. Piester prov granting Ps' motions to proceed in forma pauperis & dir clk to req stmt from inmate trust account officer - CCAP 8/13/93 (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/16/1993)

PACER
34 Aug. 13, 1993

LETTER to inmate trust officer (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/16/1993)

PACER
35 Aug. 17, 1993

MAIL Returned [33-1] addressed to plaintiff James Brandon (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/19/1993)

PACER
36 Aug. 20, 1993

CERTIFICATE by plaintiff Kelly Flemming, plaintiff Robert Lee Lott, plaintiff James Brandon, plaintiff Mark Pearce, plaintiff Cedric Levi Hamilton, plaintiff John Horn, plaintiff Donald Earl Atkinson, plaintiff Michael Day, plaintiff Luke J. Soule, plaintiff George L. Shepard, plaintiff Eric McCain, plaintiff Cornel Burnett, plaintiff James Monie, plaintiff Nate Jacobs, plaintiff Charles Campbell, plaintiff Paul D. Kavan, plaintiff Terrance Johnson, plaintiff Phillip Bowen, plaintiff William Toney, plaintiff Edward Ellison, plaintiff Chris Bazer, plaintiff Dana Jones, plaintiff Jacquas L. Martin, plaintiff David Ware, plaintiff George Kohtz, plaintiff Larry Douglas, plaintiff Cornell Kellogg, plaintiff Michael Prim, plaintiff Keith Jury, plaintiff Richard Hatterman, plaintiff Calvin White and filing of financial stmt (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 08/31/1993)

PACER
37 Sept. 21, 1993

PRISONER PAYMENT MEMORANDUM AND ORDER by Magistrate David L. Piester : prev ord prov grant plas Pearce, Hamilton, Horn, Burnett, Monie, Jacobs, Campbell, Johnson and White lv to procifp wthdrwn and these plas may procd ifp; following plas to pay partial fil fee by 12/22/93 as follows: Flemming $5.35; Lott $5.32; Brandon $3.48; Atkinson $4.47;Day $12.92; Soule $4.02; Shepard $3.05; McCain $3.68;Kavan $7.10; Bowen $10.95; Toney $3.96; Ellison $5.27; Bazer $4.74; Jones $3.92; Martin $4.96; Ware $2.63; Kohtz $2.97; Douglas $5.36;Kellog $2.38; Prim $4.39; Jury $2.07; Hatterman $5.46; and White $l.59 (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 09/22/1993)

PACER
38 Sept. 21, 1993

MAIL Returned [37-1] addressed to plaintiff James Brandon (CCB) (Entered: 09/27/1993)

PACER
39 Oct. 6, 1993

FILING FEE PAID: on 10/6/93 in the amount of $ 4.47, receipt # 9563, by Donald E. Atkinson (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 10/06/1993)

PACER
40 Oct. 19, 1993

RECEIPT for plaintiff re: filing fee of $5.27 paid on 10/19/93 (ADB) (Entered: 10/22/1993)

PACER
41 Nov. 5, 1993

MOTION by plaintiff Edward Ellison to proceed in forma pauperis and for copy of orig petn (DEEMED STRICKENED FROM THE FILE PURSUANT TO MEMO AND ORDER #51, FILED 12/3/93) (ICMSUSER) Modified on 12/06/1993 (Entered: 11/08/1993)

PACER
42 Nov. 15, 1993

MEMORANDUM, OPINION, AND ORDER: by Magistrate David L. Piester granting motion for appointment of counsel [1-1] and appting Shawn P. McCann to rep plas ; ddl for amended complaint set for 12/14/93 ; all furth pldings to be made through counsl, etc - CCAP (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 11/16/1993)

PACER
Nov. 16, 1993

FILE SENT to Omaha for Atty McCann (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 11/16/1993)

PACER
43 Nov. 17, 1993

MAIL Returned [42-2] addressed to plaintiff James Brandon (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 11/22/1993)

PACER
44 Nov. 22, 1993

FILING FEE PAID: on 11/22/93 by Flemming in the amount of $ 5.35, receipt # 11102. (ICMSUSER) Modified on 12/06/1993 (Entered: 11/24/1993)

PACER
45 Nov. 22, 1993

FILING FEE PAID: on 11/22/93 by Kavan in the amount of $ 7.10, receipt # 11100. (ICMSUSER) Modified on 12/06/1993 (Entered: 11/24/1993)

PACER
46 Nov. 22, 1993

FILING FEE PAID: on 11/22/93 in the amount of $ 3.05, receipt # 11099, by pla Geo Shepard (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 11/26/1993)

PACER
47 Nov. 22, 1993

FILING FEE PAID: on 11/22/93 in the amount of $ 4.02, receipt # 11101, by pla Luke Soule (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 11/26/1993)

PACER
48 Nov. 22, 1993

MAIL Returned [42-2] addressed to plaintiff Nate Jacobs (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 11/26/1993)

PACER
Nov. 22, 1993

FILE SENT to Clk's ofc in L, c/o Kathy Nelson per request (PLW) (Entered: 11/22/1993)

PACER
49 Nov. 29, 1993

FILING FEE PAID: on 11/29/93 in the amount of $ 2.63, receipt # 11121 by pla Dave Ware (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 12/01/1993)

PACER
50 Dec. 1, 1993

FILING FEE PAID: on 12/1/93 in the amount of $ 5.32, receipt # 11125 by pla Robert Lott (ICMSUSER) Modified on 12/08/1993 (Entered: 12/02/1993)

PACER
51 Dec. 3, 1993

MEMORANDUM, OPINION, AND ORDER: by Magistrate David L. Piester striking motion to proceed in forma pauperis and for copy of orig petn [41-1] - CCAP (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 12/06/1993)

PACER
52 Dec. 8, 1993

FILING FEE PAID: on 12/8/93 in the amount of $ 10.95, receipt # 11153 by pla Phillip Bowen (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 12/09/1993)

PACER
53 Dec. 8, 1993

MAIL Returned [51-1] addressed to plaintiff John Horn (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 12/09/1993)

PACER
54 Dec. 8, 1993

MAIL Returned [51-1] addressed to plaintiff James Brandon (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 12/09/1993)

PACER
55 Dec. 10, 1993

MOTION by plaintiffs to extend time to 1/31/94 to file amd cmp (CCB) (Entered: 12/13/1993)

PACER
56 Dec. 10, 1993

MAIL Returned [51-1] addressed to plaintiff George Kohtz (CCB) (Entered: 12/14/1993)

PACER
58 Dec. 13, 1993

FILING FEE PAID: on 12/13/93 in the amount of $ 2.07, receipt # 11161, by dft Keith Jury (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 12/14/1993)

PACER
59 Dec. 13, 1993

FILING FEE PAID: on 12/13/93 in the amount of $ 3.68, receipt # 11162, for dft Eric McCain (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 12/14/1993)

PACER
60 Dec. 13, 1993

MAIL Returned [51-1] addressed to plaintiff Nate Jacobs (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 12/14/1993)

PACER
57 Dec. 14, 1993

ORDER by Magistrate David L. Piester granting motion to extend time to 1/31/94 to file amd cmp [55-1] ; ddl for amended complaint set for 1/31/94 - CCAP (CCB) (Entered: 12/14/1993)

PACER
61 Dec. 14, 1993

MOTION by plaintiffs for leave to incur expenses (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 12/16/1993)

PACER
65 Dec. 14, 1993

MAIL Returned [57-2] addressed to plaintiff James Brandon (CCB) (Entered: 12/21/1993)

PACER
62 Dec. 15, 1993

MAIL Returned [42-2] addressed to plaintiff Cornel Burnett (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 12/16/1993)

PACER
63 Dec. 15, 1993

MAIL Returned [51-1] addressed to plaintiff Cornel Burnett (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 12/16/1993)

PACER
66 Dec. 21, 1993

FILING FEE PAID: on 12/21/93 in the amount of $ 3.96, receipt # 11174 by P Wm. Toney. (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 12/21/1993)

PACER
67 Dec. 21, 1993

MAIL Returned [64-1] addressed to plaintiff James Brandon (CCB) (Entered: 12/22/1993)

PACER
68 Dec. 21, 1993

MAIL Returned [57-2] addressed to plaintiff Nate Jacobs (CCB) (Entered: 12/22/1993)

PACER
69 Dec. 21, 1993

MAIL Returned [64-1] addressed to plaintiff Nate Jacobs (CCB) (Entered: 12/22/1993)

PACER
70 Dec. 23, 1993

MAIL Returned [64-1] addressed to plaintiff George Kohtz (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 12/28/1993)

PACER
71 Dec. 23, 1993

MAIL Returned [64-1] addressed to plaintiff Cornel Burnett (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 12/28/1993)

PACER
72 Dec. 23, 1993

MAIL Returned [64-1] addressed to plaintiff John Horn (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 12/28/1993)

PACER
73 Jan. 10, 1994

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: by Judge Richard G. Kopf upon court's own motion, dismissing party Calvin White, party Richard Hatterman, party Michael Prim, party Cornell Kellogg, party Larry Douglas, party George Kohtz, party Jacquas L. Martin, party Dana Jones, party Chris Bazer, party Edward Ellison, party Terrance Johnson , dismissing party Charles Campbell, party Nate Jacobs, party James Monie, party Cornel Burnett, party Michael Day, party John Horn, party Cedric Levi Hamilton, party Mark Pearce, party James Brandon for failing to pay their filing fees - CCAP (CCB) (Entered: 01/10/1994)

PACER
74 Jan. 12, 1994

MAIL Returned [73-3] addressed to plaintiff Cornel Burnett (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 01/18/1994)

PACER
75 Jan. 18, 1994

MEMORANDUM, OPINION, AND ORDER: by Judge Richard G. Kopf pursuant to correspondence fm pla Monie, construed as objn to court's order of 1/7/94 #73, which clk shall file; plas Monie, Pearce, Hamilton, Horn, Burnett, Jacobs, Campbell, Johnson and White to be reinstated for the reason that these plas have previously been granted lv to procd ifp - CCAP (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 01/19/1994)

PACER
76 Jan. 18, 1994

LETTER from plaintiff James Monie, construed as objn to court's ord of 1/7/94 dismissing Monie and others fm action for failure to pay part fil fees (ICMSUSER) Modified on 01/19/1994 (Entered: 01/19/1994)

PACER
81 Jan. 18, 1994

MAIL Returned [75-2] addressed to plaintiff Nate Jacobs (CCB) (Entered: 01/26/1994)

PACER
77 Jan. 19, 1994

MAIL Returned [73-3] addressed to plaintiff Nate Jacobs (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 01/25/1994)

PACER
79 Jan. 21, 1994

MAIL Returned [75-2] addressed to plaintiff James Brandon (CCB) (Entered: 01/26/1994)

PACER
80 Jan. 24, 1994

MAIL Returned [75-2] addressed to plaintiff Cornel Burnett (CCB) (Entered: 01/26/1994)

PACER
82 Jan. 31, 1994

MOTION by plaintiffs to extend time to file amend compl (PLW) (Entered: 02/01/1994)

PACER
83 Feb. 3, 1994

ORDER by Magistrate David L. Piester granting motion to extend time to file amend compl [82-1] ; ddl for amended complaint set for 2/28/94 - CCAP (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 02/03/1994)

PACER
84 Feb. 23, 1994

MEMORANDUM, OPINION, AND ORDER: by Judge Richard G. Kopf for clk to ret to Dept of Corr ck of pla Prim in amt of $4.39 for part fil fee, as his clms were dism'd for failure to pay fil fee by 12/22/93 ddl - CCAP (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 02/24/1994)

PACER
Feb. 24, 1994

REMARK: check in amt of $4.39 as part pymt of fil fee returned to Correctional Services, State of NE, to be credited to pla's Prim's acct (pla Prim is no longer a party in this action) (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 02/24/1994)

PACER
85 March 24, 1994

MEMORANDUM, OPINION, AND ORDER: by Judge Richard G. Kopf dismissing case - CCAP (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 03/24/1994)

PACER
86 March 24, 1994

JUDGMENT: by Judge Richard G. Kopf dismissing case - CCAP and appeal form sent to plas by certif mail, ret recpt req'd (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 03/24/1994)

PACER
87 April 29, 1994

NOTICE by plaintiff George L. Shepard of change of address (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 05/03/1994)

PACER
88 July 6, 1994

Letter NOTICE by plaintiff Donald Earl Atkinson and fil of exhibit (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 07/06/1994)

PACER
89 July 2, 1996

NOTICE by plaintiff Robert Lee Lott of change of address (ICMSUSER) (Entered: 07/02/1996)

PACER
Nov. 23, 2015

Remark - Public

Nov. 23, 2015

Remark - Public: This case has been destroyed pursuant to the Records Disposition Schedule. (JAB)

Case Details

State / Territory:

Nebraska

Case Type(s):

Prison Conditions

Special Collection(s):

Multi-LexSum (in sample)

Key Dates

Filing Date: Aug. 10, 1993

Closing Date: 1994

Case Ongoing: No

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Description:

inmates at the Lincoln Correctional Center

Public Interest Lawyer: No

Filed Pro Se: Yes

Class Action Sought: Yes

Class Action Outcome: Granted

Defendants

State

Lincoln Correctional Center

Facility Type(s):

Government-run

Case Details

Causes of Action:

42 U.S.C. § 1983

Constitutional Clause(s):

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Other Dockets:

District of Nebraska 4:93-cv-03262

Available Documents:

Complaint (any)

Trial Court Docket

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Unknown

Relief Granted:

Unknown

Source of Relief:

Unknown

Issues

General/Misc.:

Access to lawyers or judicial system

Food service / nutrition / hydration

Sanitation / living conditions

Jails, Prisons, Detention Centers, and Other Institutions:

Crowding (General)

Law library access

Library (non-law) access

Visiting

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