Legal Opinion
Alvin Elzy v. Warden Roberson, House of Detention
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 30, 1989No. 88-3827PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Alvin Elzy, an inmate in custody of the Louisiana Department of Corrections, appeals the trial court’s dismissal of his § 1983 action. Because we find that Elzy’s claim is time-barred by Louisiana’s one-year statute of limitations, we affirm.
Elzy filed this § 1983 action against Warden Robertson, erroneously identified in the complaint as Warden Roberson, in June 1987. He complained that he was injured by another inmate at the Orleans Parish Prison on September 14,1984. Elzy alleged that although he received surgical treatment at Charity Hospital for the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Owens v. OkureSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Mrs. Peggy Gates v. Dr. Sam SpinksCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Douglas Warren Freeze, Jr. v. George Griffith, Douglas Warren Freeze, Jr. v. Stanley Labove, Douglas Warren Freeze, Jr. v. James R. SavoieCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Bernard McLaughlin Cross-Appellee v. Herman & Herman, and Lanny R. Zatzkis, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Manion v. PollingueLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1988
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Jacobsen v. OsborneCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Ellis D. Burrell v. Jimmy Newsome, Chief of Police, Port Arthur Police Dept.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Prostar v. MassachiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Veronica Davis v. Louisiana State UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
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