Legal Opinion
Martin v. Heffelfinger
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided March 15, 2001No. 35A02-0006-CV-382PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VAIDIK, Judge.
Case Summary
Kirk R. Martin (Martin) appeals the trial court's dismissal of his complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Indiana tort law against Judge Jeffrey R. Heffelfinger of Huntington County Superior Court, Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard of the Indiana Supreme Court, Governor Frank O'Ban-non, and the State of Indiana for failure to state a claim. We find that, after accepting Martin's allegations in his complaint as true, Martin fails to state a claim. Therefore, we affirm.
Facts and Procedural History
In September of 1997, Martin pleaded guilty to two charges of…
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