Ali v. Smith

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION MUFTI ABDUL EL-MALIK-BEY ALI, also known as Muft Abdul El-Malik-Bey Ali, also known as Frances L. Smith-Bey, also known as Frances L. Smith, Plaintiff, v. CAUSE NO. 3:24-cv-00141-CCB-SLC K. SMITH, IDOC Employee(s), et al., Defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Mufti Abdul El-Malik-Bey Ali, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed a complaint with unrelated claims. (See ECF 1). Because “[u]nrelated claims against different defendants belong in different suits,” George v. Smith, 507 F.3d 605, 607 (7th Cir. 2007), he was granted leave to file an amended complaint with only related claims. (See ECF 9). In response, he filed an amended complaint (ECF 10), but he did not use the Court’s form. Under N.D. Ind. L.R. 7-6, the Court requires he use the Pro Se 14 (INND Rev. 2/20) Prisoner Complaint form which is available in his prison law library.

For these reasons, the Court: (1) STRIKES the amended complaint (ECF 10); (2) GRANTS Mufti Abdul El-Malik-Bey Ali until April 29, 2025, to file an amended complaint on a Pro Se 14 (INND Rev. 2/20) Prisoner Complaint form; and (3) CAUTIONS Mufti Abdul El-Malik-Bey Ali if he does not respond by the deadline or if he files an amended complaint with unrelated claims, the Court may select a claim from his original complaint (ECF 1) and dismiss the others.

SO ORDERED.

Entered this 26th day of March 2025. /s/ Susan Collins Susan Collins United States Magistrate Judge