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Cause of Action Accrues on Disciplinary Reversal
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1996, page 9
The court of appeals for the second circuit held that the statute of limitations for a § 1983 action does not begin to run until a prisoner has successfully challenged the disciplinary hearing in state court. Theodore Black is a New York state prisoner. In 1990 he was infracted and ...
Filed under:
Disciplinary Litigation,
Disciplinary Appeals,
Civil Procedure,
Defenses,
Complaints,
Limitations,
Habeas Corpus,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
New York.
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