Legal Opinion
Tworivers v. Lewis
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 6, 1999No. 97-15844PublishedCited by 434 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Appellant Christian Weaver TwoRivers, an Arizona prisoner, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, on grounds that he failed to file suit within the applicable two year statute of limitations. TwoRivers’ claim is time barred unless he can obtain the benefit of a provision under Arizona law which tolled the two year limitations for Arizona prisoners until after discovery of the prisoner’s right to sue. Such statutory grace existed at the time TwoRivers discovered his right…
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