ROBERSON v. TENNESSEE

No. 03-6181.

399 F.3d 792 (2005)

David ROBERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of TENNESSEE; East Tennessee State University; James H. Quillen College of Medicine, Defendants, Ronald FRANKS, M.D.; Paul Stanton, M.D., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Samuel W. Brown, Becker, Fleishman, Brown & Knight, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Brandy M. Gagliano, Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Samuel W. Brown, Arthur F. Knight III, Becker, Fleishman, Brown & Knight, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Brandy M. Gagliano, Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees.

Before: SUTTON and COOK, Circuit Judges; ALDRICH, District Judge.


OPINION

ALDRICH, District Judge.

This is a civil rights action, in which plaintiff David Roberson ("Roberson") appeals an order dismissing his complaint as untimely. Because the district court properly applied the applicable statute of limitations, we AFFIRM its decision.

I. Background

Roberson enrolled in the James H. Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University ("ETSU...

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