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ELZY v. ROBERSON

No. 88-3827. Summary Calendar.

868 F.2d 793 (1989)

Alvin ELZY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Warden ROBERSON, House of Detention, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 30, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin Elzy, Angola, La., pro se.

Freeman R. Matthews, Usry & Weeks, Metairie, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE, WILLIAMS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Alvin Elzy, an inmate in custody of the Louisiana Department of Corrections, appeals the trial court's dismissal of his § 1983 action. Because we find that Elzy's claim is time-barred by Louisiana's one-year statute of limitations, we affirm.

Elzy filed this § 1983 action against Warden Robertson, erroneously identified in the complaint as Warden Roberson, in June...

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