ISON v. ATTORNEY VIGO COUNTY INDIANA

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA TERRE HAUTE DIVISION

JESSIE L. ISON, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 2:25-cv-00111-JPH-MJD ) ATTORNEY VIGO COUNTY INDIANA, ) INDIANA DEPT OF CORRECTION, ) FIRST FINANCIAL BANK BRANCH ) EMPLOYEES, ) FIRST FINANCIAL BANK BRANCH PLAZA ) EMPLOYEES, ) FT. VILLA INC., ) HAMILTON CENTER GROUP HOME, ) NEW BEGINNING PROPERTY ) MANAGEMENT REALTY/REALATOR, ) PIZZOLA, ) J.D., ) STATE FARM INS., ) POWER LITTLE, LITTLE, LITTLE LAW ) FIRM EMPLOYEES, ) NEWTON, ) DAN KELLY, ) STRECKOR BILL, ) TERRE HAUTE HOUSING AUTHORITY, ) STEVE CUENGROSS, ) SAM SWAIM, ) VIGO CO., IN., ) ) Defendants. )

ORDER DISMISSING FOR LACK OF SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION On April 9, 2025, the Court ordered Plaintiff Jessie Ison to file an amended complaint or otherwise show cause why this case should not be dismissed for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. Dkt. 25. Mr. Ison filed a motion for leave to amend his complaint, dkt. 27, which the Court construes as his amended complaint. The wide-ranging allegations in this complaint center on plots by various parties to kill Mr. Ison for the inheritance he received from his father and to prevent Mr. Ison from revealing wrongs the parties committed against him. Id. Even liberally construing Mr. Ison's amended complaint, the Court cannot discern within it any plausible federal claim against any defendant. See Sanders-Bey v. United States, 267 F. App'x 464, 465 (7th Cir. 2008) (dismissing for lack of jurisdiction a complaint that "appear|ed] to simply reference a panoply of random federal laws"); cf. United States ex rel. Garst v. Lockheed-— Martin Corp., 328 F.3d 374, 378 (7th Cir. 2003) ("Rule 8(a) requires parties to make their pleadings straightforward, so that judges and adverse parties need not try to fish a gold coin from a bucket of mud."). Mr. Ison's amended complaint does not invoke federal jurisdiction, see Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Env’t, 523 U.S. 83, 89 (1998), so it must be dismissed. The Court does not have subject-matter jurisdiction over Mr. Ison's claim. Therefore, this case is dismissed without prejudice. Accordingly, the motions at dkts. [2], [4], [8], [9], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [18], [19], [20], [22], [23], [24], [27], and [28] are denied as moot. Final judgment shall issue by separate entry. Additionally, the clerk is directed to update Mr. Ison's address on the docket consistent with the address listed in the distribution below. SO ORDERED. Date: 5/28/2025 Patnick \bawlove James Patrick Hanlon United States District Judge Southern District of Indiana

Distribution: JESSIE L. ISON #50334 Hendricks County Jail 189 E Campus Blvd Danville, IN 46122 All electronically registered counsel