Donald Austin v. Lawrence Brammer and Alex Lambros

Donald Austin appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his suit brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985. His complaint charged that defendant police officers of the Ashtabula City Police Department violated his civil rights by giving perjurious testimony in a state criminal action, which resulted in his conviction and sentencing on a charge of rape and breaking and entering. Upon motion of the defendants, the district court dismissed plaintiff’s complaint with a determination “that the most nearly analogous statute of limitations of the State of Ohio to the factual predicate of…