Legal Opinion
Hardin v. Straub
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 22, 1989No. 87-7023PublishedCited by 660 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
This case presents the question whether a federal court applying a state statute of limitations to an inmate’s federal civil rights action should give effect to the State’s provision tolling the limitations period for prisoners.
Petitioner is incarcerated in a Michigan state prison. In 1986 he filed a pro se complaint pursuant to 42 U. S. C. § 1983, alleging that for approximately 180 days in 1980 and 1981 he had been held in solitary confinement in violation of his federal constitutional rights. The District Court sua sponte dismissed the complaint because it had been filed after the…
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