DeVargas v. State ex rel. New Mexico Department of Corrections

DECISION ON CERTIORARI

FEDERICI, Justice.

The opinion of the Court of Appeals was filed on October 1, 1981. 640 P.2d 1327. A petition for writ of certiorari was filed in this Court on November 9, 1981. Thereafter, the petition for writ of certiorari was granted on November 20, 1981.

After an exhaustive review of the transcripts, briefs and authorities, it is the decision of this Court that the petition for writ of certiorari heretofore granted be quashed as improvidently issued.

Under Section 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the statute of limitations applicable is that which applies to the most closely…