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HIGGENBOTTOM v. McMANUS

Civ. A. No. C93-0118-P(H).

840 F.Supp. 454 (1994)

LeAndru HIGGENBOTTOM, Plaintiff, v. Officer Ed McMANUS, Officer Billy M. Griggs, and Paducah Police Department, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Kentucky, Paducah Division.

January 10, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LeAndru Higgenbottom, pro se.

William E. Pinkston, Denton & Keuler, Paducah, KY, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HEYBURN, District Judge.

Defendants contend that the statute of limitations governing Plaintiff's civil rights lawsuit mandates the dismissal of this litigation. The Court believes, however, that the "mail-box rule" described by the Supreme Court in Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed.2d 245 (1988), applies to the facts in this case, and that Plaintiff accordingly satisfied the...

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