Legal Opinion
Hood v. City of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 19, 1990No. 86 Civ. 7656 (WCC)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
WILLIAM C. CONNER, District Judge:
Plaintiff Wellesley Hood brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging deprivations of his eighth and fourteenth amendment rights. This action is currently before the Court on the motion of certain defendants to dismiss the amended com plaint as barred by the statute of limitations and failing to meet the relation-back requirements of Rule 15(c), Fed.R.Civ.P. For the reasons stated below, defendants’ motion is denied.
BACKGROUND
On October 7, 1986, plaintiff commenced this pro se action while he was an inmate at the Downstate…
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- Edgar Pauk v. The Board of Trustees of the City University of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
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