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California Statute of Limitations Tolled
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2000, page 20
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held that; (1) amended California tolling statute could be retroactively applied to former prisoner's claim; and (2) former prisoner was not entitled to equitable tolling. David Fink, a former California prisoner, filed a civil complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ...
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