Dewayne T. Anderson v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting “declaratory relief for past wrongs” is possible if a plaintiff in part shows “continuing harm”
• adopting the Ninth Circuit’s approach of resolving these types of undeveloped backward-looking ac- cess-to-court claims on ripeness grounds
• affirming 12(c) dismissal without prejudice of several of the plaintiffs’ claims
• “[T]he sole question is whether . . . Waller was unarmed when Hoeppner shot him.”
• declaratory relief cannot be issued unless plaintiff shows a substantial likelihood of future injury, even if declaratory relief is sought for past wrongs
• “[A]ny harm … has yet to manifest.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).