Two more lawsuits regarding the treatment of inmates at the Lake County Jail have been thrown out of federal court.
On Friday, Fort Wayne federal Judge William C. Lee granted a defense motion for summary judgment in the suit filed by inmate Willie James Gilder, who raised dozens of alleged issues involving a staph infection, medications, jail meals and alleged treatment by guards in a complaint filed in October 2007.
Lee ruled Gilder did not follow jail grievance procedures before he filed his federal suit against Lake County. Lee granted a motion for summary judgment by the defendants, Lake County Sheriff Rogelio "Roy" Dominguez and jail Warden Bernard Freeman.
On Monday, Hammond federal Judge Joseph Van Bokkelen granted a similar motion for summary judgment in the suit filed against Dominguez and Freeman by Robert S. Cranshaw in January 2008. Cranshaw also did not pursue a proper jail grievance process in his long slate of claims involving meals and guard treatment, Van Bokkelen ruled.
