NICODEMUS v. CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA

CAUSE NO. 3:23cv744 DRL.

711 F.Supp.3d 1015 (2024)

Donald NICODEMUS, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Indiana, South Bend Division.

Signed January 12, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gavin M. Rose, Stevie J. Pactor, Kenneth J. Falk, ACLU of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff.

James Bopp, Jr., The Bopp Law Firm, Terre Haute, IN, for Intervenor Indiana Attorney General of the State of Indiana Attorney General.

Matthew S. Clark, Knight Hoppe Kurnik & Knight Ltd., Rosemont, IL, Joseph W. Smith, Knight Hoppe Kurnik & Knight Ltd., Merrillville, IN, for Defendant,


OPINION AND ORDER

On July 1, 2023, Indiana's so-called buffer law took effect, criminalizing as a misdemeanor a person's unlawful encroachment on a police officer's lawful duties. This buffer law prohibits a person from knowingly or intentionally approaching within 25 feet of an officer engaged in his or her lawful...

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