Legal Opinion
Harris v. Hegmann
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 8, 1999No. 98-30617PublishedCited by 401 opinions
1Per curiam
Mark Anthony Harris, a Louisiana state prisoner, sued three prison medical staff members under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Harris exhausted the administrative procedures available within the state prison system, then filed suit in state court, and finally filed his federal suit. Because Harris did not file this federal lawsuit until approximately 17 months after the events at issue, the district court concluded that Harris’s claims were barred by the one-year prescription period applicable to federal…
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