Legal Opinion
McManus v. Wall
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 12, 2002No. 01-2415Published
1Per curiam
Rhode Island state prisoner Joseph Mc-Manus appeals from the district court’s dismissal pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) of his civil rights complaint, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The appellees have moved for summary disposition of McManus’s appeal pursuant to Local Rule 27(c).
Under the version of the Rhode Island statute applicable at the time he filed his section 1983 complaint, McManus appears to have been exempted from the normal three-year limitations period applicable to personal injury actions because he was imprisoned at the time this cause of action accrued. See R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 9-1-14 and…
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