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Statute of Limitations May Toll While Prisoner Exhausts Administrative Remedies
In 2003, William Howell, a state prisoner, sued jail guards in federal district court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for an incident that occurred over two years before he filed suit. Since the applicable statute of limitations was two years, the district court dismissed the case as time-barred.
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