Legal Opinion
Abbas v. Dixon
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 28, 2007No. Docket No. 04-6219-prPublishedCited by 1,039 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
UNDERHILL, District Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Mohamed Abbas appeals an order entered sua sponte by the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (David G. Larimer, then Chief Judge), dismissing most of his complaint as untimely. Specifically, the District Court held that the three-year statute of limitations for claims made pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 had elapsed before Abbas filed his complaint. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
I. Factual and Procedural Background
Abbas is a prisoner who was formerly housed at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New…
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