Legal Opinion
Jeffrey A. Walker v. David Jastremski, Charles Buerer, Frank Halloran, and Tedja Tjandra
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 15, 2005No. Docket 04-3671-PRPublishedCited by 219 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge.
This case comes to us for the third time in its seesawing history. It concerns the application of the “prison mailbox” rule of Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed.2d 245 (1988), to a pro se prisoner’s request from a state court for records pertinent to a prosecution against him that forms the basis for his civil rights suit against law enforcement officials. The prisoner, plaintiff-appellant Jeffrey A. Walker, argues that the district court erred in dismissing his complaint as barred by the three-year statute of limitations applicable to tort…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Houston v. LackSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Daniel J. Ciambriello v. County of Nassau, Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., Russell Rinchiuso, Richard Cotugno and Ron RoeillCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- John Doe v. Frederick Menefee, Warden, Warden of the Otisville Federal Correctional Institution the Attorney General of the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
- Casim Noble v. Walter R. Kelly, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
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