Legal Opinion
Blas ex rel. Estate of Blas v. Government of Guam
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 31, 1991No. 90-16048PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:
Mildred Louise Bias appeals from a decision of the Appellate Division of the District Court of Guam affirming the Guam Superior Court’s determination that her complaint was barred by the statute of limitations. The underlying suit was a wrongful death action against the government of Guam and various individual corrections officers, based upon the death of her son in a Guam prison. See Guam Government Code §§ 6500.00-.07. The dis-positive issue here is whether the appeal is untimely because it was not filed within the 30-day period provided in Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(1).…
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