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`IN THE SULLIVAN CIRCUIT COURT
`CAUSE NO. 77C01-1904-CT—204
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`STATE OF INDIANA
`COUNTY OF SULLIVAN
`MICHAEL HICKINGBOTTOM,
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`Plaintiff,
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`ROBERT CARTER IR., ct a1.,
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`Defendants.
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`DECLARATION OF JACK HENDRIX
`I, Jack Hendrix, am an adult competent tottestify and Who has personal knowledge of the
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`foregoing and declare under the penalties of peljury that:
`I am currently employed as the Exécutive Director 0f Classification for the Indiana
`Department of Correction (“IDOC”): My primary duties include: supervision of the classification,
`sentence computation/credit time award, offender release, offender support/movement, offender
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`records and offender grievance divisions.
`I am familiar With Offender Hickingbottom, DOC # 147099. He is the Plaintiff in
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`the above—captioned case, and I am aware of the allegations that Plaintiff has made in this lawsuit.
`My duties typically do not include deciding the assignment of offenders’ security
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`classifications. I sometimes am involvea 1
`offéfiders’ classification reviews, but I havé never been
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`involved in any classification hearings of final transfer/classification decisions of Plaintiff,
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`Michael Hickingbottom. I did review concerns expressed by Michael Hickingbottom in
`classification appeals he submitted in December of 2018 and March of 2019. True and accurate
`copies of Plaintiff’s appeals and my subsequent responses are attached as Exhibit G and Exhibit
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`Further the declarant sayeth not.
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`I affirm, under the penalties for perjury, that the foregoing representations are true
`and correct to the best 0f my knowledge and belief.
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`Jfizk Hendrix“
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`Executive Director of Classification
`Indiana Department 0f Correction
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