Roden v. Wright

The plaintiff, Bobby Darryl Roden, appeals from a dismissal, with prejudice, of state law claims against the defendants, J. Charles Wright and others. The court dismissed the claims upon a holding that the applicable statutory limitations period had expired.

Originally, within the limitations period, Roden had sued in a federal court. The federal court had pendent jurisdiction over the state law claims in question, because Roden also made a federal claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After the limitations period on the state law claims had expired, the federal court on December 30, 1991, entered a…