Pack v. Proffitt

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

NEESE, District Judge.

The causes of action are alleged herein to have accrued on August 15, 1975. This action was commenced on August 16, 1976. The Court notices judicially that the latter date was not a Sunday and was not a legal holiday within the meaning of Rule 6(a), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

There is no federal statute limiting civil rights actions, and therefore the applicable statute of Tennessee controls. Ellenburg v. Shepherd, D.C.Tenn. (1966), 304 F.Supp. 1059,1061[2], affirmed C.A. 6th (1968) , 406 F.2d 1331, certiorari denied (1969) , 393 U.S.…