Gerald Burge v. Parish of St. Tammany

DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

Gerald Burge appeals the dismissal of his civil rights action. 'The district court concluded that Burge’s claims were barred by the applicable one-year statute of limitations. We conclude that Appellant’s pursuit of state habeas remedies tolled the prescriptive period. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

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Appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. His counsel then began an inquiry into the disappearance of the police file compiled during the murder investigation. Burge’s counsel had previously requested that any exculpatory…