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· 3/15/2012

In Re Maxy

Citations

  • 674 F.3d 658
  • 2012 WL 858617
  • 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 5409

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that an inmate had failed to state an access-to-courts claim because he did not inform the court of the underlying legal claims frustrated by the delay that could have established a nonfrivolous, arguable claim
  • concluding prisoner did not state a claim for denial of access to the courts because he did not identify a nonfrivolous, arguable claim in the underlying case at issue
  • dismissing a forward-looking access-to-courts claim where the plaintiff did not identify “the underlying legal claims frustrated by the [obstacle]”
  • a plaintiff \must allege that some action by the prison has frustrated or is impeding an attempt to bring a nonfrivolous legal claim.\
  • a plaintiff \must allege that some action by the prison has frustrated or is impeding an attempt to bring a nonfrivolous legal claim.\
  • plaintiff can state an access to courts claim by alleging that he was prevented from litigating a non-frivolous challenge to his criminal conviction

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Judges: Posner, Rovner, Sykes

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