Legal Opinion
Antonio Pearson v. Secretary Department of Correc
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 7, 2015No. 13-1412PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to decide whether Pennsylvania’s statute of limitations is tolled while a prisoner exhausts administrative remedies prior to filing a civil rights lawsuit as required by 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), or in the alternative, whether federal equitable tolling principles are applicable. Additionally, we must determine if the District Court erred when it dismissed, for failure to state a claim, the portion of Antonio Pearson’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim that it deemed timely. 1
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