Legal Opinion
Merriweather v. City of Memphis
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 20, 1997No. 96-5340PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Deborah Merriweather appeals the dismissal of her civil rights claims. The district court dismissed the complaint based on the statute of limitations, holding that the statute had run the day before the complaint was filed. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the dismissal.
I. BACKGROUND
Merriweather filed this civil rights action against the City of Memphis, the Memphis Police Department, and multiple Memphis city police and officials. Her claims, based on 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, 1986, and 1988, multiple constitutional amendments, and state…
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