Legal Opinion
Douglas v. Noelle
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 5, 2009No. 06-35195PublishedCited by 386 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Between July 2000 and December 2002, Dameion Douglas was in the custody of the Multnomah County Sheriffs Office in Portland, Oregon. In 2004, Douglas, acting pro se, filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Sheriffs Office personnel (collectively “Defendants”) violated his First Amendment rights on six occasions while he was in jail. The district court held that Douglas failed to file his complaint within the applicable statute of limitations and dismissed his complaint.
We reverse the district court and hold that the mailbox rule of Houston v.…
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