Edward Lewis Higley v. Michigan Department of Corrections

WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the issue of the application of Michigan’s tolling statute to a prisoner’s § 1983 claim. On October 29, 1985, appellant Edward Lewis Higley, a prisoner of the Michigan Department of Corrections, filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the district court. Appellant sued the Michigan Department of Corrections and various officers thereof for violations of his rights under the eighth and fourteenth amendments. The occurrence giving rise to his claims was his transfer, on September 24, 1982, from the Reception and Guidance Center at the State…