GATES v. SPINKS

No. 84-4605.

771 F.2d 916 (1985)

Mrs. Peggy GATES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. Sam SPINKS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 22, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parsons & Matthews, Eddy Parsons, Jack Parsons, Wiggins, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

Moran M. Pope, Jr., Moran M. Pope, III, Hattiesburg, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, GARWOOD and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 22, 1985.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires that we determine the prescriptive period which applies to actions brought in the State of Mississippi under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Guided by the recent decision of the Supreme Court in Wilson v. Garcia, 471 U.S. 261, 105 S.Ct. 1938, 85 L.Ed.2d 254 (1985), we conclude that the one-year period provided by Miss...

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