Legal Opinion
Williams v. Walsh
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 27, 1977No. 200, Docket 76-7263PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment order of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Newman, J., dismissing, on the ground that the action was barred by the “borrowed” Connecticut tort statute of limitations, a civil rights action *669brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We affirm the dismissal of the complaint.
In November, 1969, when plaintiff-appellant John Williams was permanently employed as a police officer by the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, he was charged with improper use of his firearm and with filing a false police report. On December…
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