Legal Opinion
Ellis D. Burrell v. Jimmy Newsome, Chief of Police, Port Arthur Police Dept.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 19, 1989No. 88-2883PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Ellis D. Burrell (Bur-rell) appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his section 1983 case against ap-pellees-defendants Jimmy Newsome, et al. (Newsome). The district court adopted the United States Magistrate’s report, which concluded that Burrell’s suit was barred by Texas’ two-year statute of limitations for pei’sonal injury suits. The district court also concluded that no equitable tolling provisions applied. We remanded the case to the district court for a determination of whether the notice of appeal was timely. The magistrate, after an…
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