Legal Opinion
Francisco Hernandez Jimenez v. Astol Calero Toledo
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 27, 1979No. 78-1478PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
At issue is whether the district court erred in finding that neither the federal doctrine of fraudulent concealment nor the rule governing relation back of amended pleadings, Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(c), saves appellant’s claims against appellees from being time-barred.
Believing that he had been discharged for political reasons, appellant sued his supervisor and the members of the reviewing commission which upheld the supervisor’s decision for violating his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985. Appellees, two local politicians, were subsequently added as defendants by an…
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