Legal Opinion
Vaughan v. Grijalva
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1991No. Nos. 89-16170, 89-16171PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAVY, Circuit Judge:
Nine Arizona state prisoners appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaints for failure to state a claim against Arizona prison offi-*478ciáis. The district court dismissed the complaints under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) on the ground that the applicable statute of limitation period had run. We reverse and remand.
FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
Appellants Paul Eppinger, Ray Fell Chat-man, Frank Kozelou, John Malone, Raymond L. Clevidence, Gary Bernard, Felipe Trevino, Stephen A. Boyes, and Charles W. Shepard (“Appellants”) were inmates in the Arizona State…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Sterling Usher v. City of Los Angeles, Richard A. Gonzales, Michael E. Melton, Jose E. Ramirez, Joe Rios, and Robert L. VannCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Regina (Rega) Jablon v. Dean Witter & Co., and Sydney TurnerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Vega v. MorrisCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1995
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