Legal Opinion
Brandon Moon v. City of El Paso
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 15, 2018No. 17-50572PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DON R. WILLETT, Circuit Judge:
Brandon Lee Moon languished in prison nearly seventeen years for a crime he did not commit. Fortunately-albeit belatedly-post-conviction DNA testing exonerated him. Upon his release, Moon sued various government and law enforcement personnel over his wrongful conviction and imprisonment. In this appeal we need only decide: (1) whether false imprisonment is a "continuing tort" under Texas law (it is), (2) whether Moon's § 1983 due process claim against the County Defendants is time-barred (it is), and (3) whether the assistant district attorney enjoys…
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