Gentry v. Evans

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

NEESE, District Judge.

This action for compensatory and punitive damages for violation of the plaintiff's civil rights by the defendants, 42 U.S.C. § 1985(2), was commenced on May 2, 1969. The defendants seek a summary judgment as a matter of law, on the ground that no genuine issues remain for trial, Rule 56(e), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System (1962), 368 U.S. 464, 468, 82 S.Ct. 486, 7 L.Ed.2d 458, 461 [2], claiming that this action is barred by the running of the applicable statute of limitation.

The conspiracy alleged…