Keating v. Carey

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Invoking federal law, Robert E. Keating seeks to vindicate his constitutional rights to free speech, free association, equal protection and due process. The defendants allegedly violated these rights when they fired Keating from the State Civil Service over seven years ago. In granting summary judgment to the defendants, the district court dismissed Keating’s claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Supp. IV 1980), because he had failed to bring suit within the. three year limitation period provided by New York Civ.Prac.Law § 214(2) (McKinney Supp.1982). Keating had argued that…