Legal Opinion
De Luna v. Farris
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 9, 1988No. 86-2750PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Pedro De Luna, Jr. (De Luna) appeals from the district court’s grant of Farris’s motion for summary judgment based upon a claim that De Luna’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action was barred by the statute of limitations. We affirm.
The essence of De Luna’s § 1983 action was that three Phoenix police officers (Far-ris) used unnecessary force (beat and hogtied him) in arresting him for armed robbery in Phoenix on June 7, 1983.1 As a result of this, a preexisting leg injury was aggravated and De Luna experienced several medical problems and operations on his leg.
Since 42…
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