Gleason v. Pattison

PER CURIAM: *

James W. Gleason, Louisiana prisoner #452467, appeals the dismissal as frivo lous pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B)® and 1915A(b)(l) of his time-barred 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. We review the district court’s dismissal for abuse of discretion. See Gonzales v. Wyatt, 157 F.3d 1016, 1019-20 (5th Cir.1998).

No specified federal statute of limitations exists for § 1983 actions; therefore, federal courts borrow the forum state’s' personal injury limitations period. Rodriguez v. Holmes, 963 F.2d 799, 803 (5th Cir.1992). Louisiana Civil Code article 3492’s one-year prescriptive…