Legal Opinion
Desmesmin v. City of Boston
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 30, 2020No. 1:19-cv-12170Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS ) STANLEY DESMESMIN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CIVIL ACTION ) NO. 19-12170-WGY CITY OF BOSTON, ) ) Defendant. ) ) YOUNG, D.J. April 30, 2020 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER I. INTRODUCTION This motion to dismiss presents tricky procedural issues as to the tolling of the statute of limitations for absent members of a putative class action. The plaintiff here is a hanger-on plaintiff to the long-running litigation in Smith v. City of Boston, Civ. A. No. 12-10291-WGY, who unsuccessfully tried to intervene late in the game and now brings a separate case.…
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