Legal Opinion
Gilbert Jackson v. Howard Johnson, Dallas Police Officer
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 9, 1992No. 91-1948PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff-appellant Gilbert Jackson filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court which was dismissed for failure to exhaust Texas state court remedies. Having exhausted those remedies, he returned to federal court with a second suit, only to be told that the statute of limitations had run on his claims. We vacate the district court's judgment and remand for further factual development and consideration of a Texas tolling doctrine bearing on the statute of limitations.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Jackson, a prisoner of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, filed this civil rights lawsuit on January…
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