Legal Opinion
Scary v. Philadelphia Gas Works
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 25, 2001No. CIV. A. 98-1542PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.
In this employment discrimination case, the Court must decide the following ques*150tions: whether the filing of a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“ifp”), along with a complaint, tolls the statute of limitations; if so, whether the denial of the ifp motion starts the statute running again; when the 120-day period under Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(m) starts running for purposes of service of the complaint; and whether equitable tolling is appropriate under the facts of this case.
The Court holds that the filing of an ifp motion with a complaint tolls the…
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