Robert E. Hawthorne v. Mr. Wells, Unit Manager
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
The issue in this case is whether the Georgia statute tolling the limitations period for prisoners applies to toll the limitations period for federal inmates suing federal prison authorities, under a Bivens cause of action, for unconstitutional deprivations inflicted during their incarceration. We hold that it does not.
FACTS
Plaintiff-appellant, appearing pro se, filed a Bivens 1 action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, alleging that a federal prison offi cial violated his constitutional rights under color of federal law. 2 The defendant moved for…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. KubrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Straub v. MongeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Stanley L. Hughes v. Sheriff of Fall River County Jail and Jeff Tarell, Jailer Fall River County JailCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- Heller v. PlaveDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1990
- Kansas Public Employees Retirement System v. Reimer & Koger Associates, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
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