[DOWNLOAD] "Jones v. City of Hamtramck" by United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Jones v. City of Hamtramck
- Author : United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit
- Release Date : January 10, 1990
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
Description
Plaintiff Phillip Elliot Jones, a Michigan prisoner, brought a civil rights action against the City of Hamtramck and three of its police officers for alleged deprivation of his constitutional rights during and immediately following an arrest. He filed the suit more than five years after the fact. The district court dismissed the complaint as untimely filed, rejecting the plaintiffs contention that under Michigan law the three-year statute of limitations was tolled by the plaintiffs subsequent imprisonment. The issue on appeal is whether the tolling statute, which applies to one who is "imprisoned" at the time his cause of action accrues, applies to a person who is merely under arrest at that point. The district court answered that question in the negative. We agree, and we shall affirm the courts judgment.