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BURRELL v. NEWSOME

No. 88-2883 Summary Calendar.

883 F.2d 416 (1989)

Ellis D. BURRELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jimmy NEWSOME, Chief of Police, Port Arthur Police Dept., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis D. Burrell, Tennessee Colony, Tex., pro se.

Before POLITZ, GARWOOD and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Ellis D. Burrell (Burrell) appeals from the district court's dismissal of his section 1983 case against appellees-defendants Jimmy Newsome, et al. (Newsome). The district court adopted the United States Magistrate's report, which concluded that Burrell's suit was barred by Texas' two-year statute of limitations for personal injury suits. The district court also concluded that no equitable tolling provisions applied. We remanded...

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