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TAYLOR v. MAYONE

No. 699, Docket 79-2078.

626 F.2d 247 (1980)

Rodney TAYLOR, Appellant, v. Thomas MAYONE, Sheriff of Ulster County, Deputy John Doe and Sergeant John Doe, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney Taylor, pro se.

Milton Thurm, New York City (Greenhill & Speyer & Thurm, New York City, on the brief), for appellees.

Before MULLIGAN, VAN GRAAFEILAND and KEARSE, Circuit Judges.

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal raises the question whether a federal civil rights suit against a sheriff may be dismissed pursuant to New York Civil Practice Law and Rules ("CPLR") § 215(1), which provides that certain actions against a sheriff must be commenced within one year. Rodney Taylor brought this action pro se in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on August 29, 1978 alleging that on January 16, 1977, two...

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