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NIEVES v. McSWEENEY

No. 00-1110.

241 F.3d 46 (2001)

Angel Nieves and Rebecca NIEVES, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Terence J. McSWEENEY et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 27, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Krasnoo, with whom Paul J. Klehm was on brief, for appellants.

Brian Rogal, with whom Law Offices of Timothy M. Burke was on brief, for appellee McSweeney.

Douglas I. Louison, Stephen C. Pfaff, and Merrick, Louison & Costello on brief for appellee Beauvais.

Leonard H. Kesten, Jocelyn M. Sedney, Deidre Brennan Regan, and Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten on brief for remaining appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The appellants, Angel Nieves and his eighteen-year-old daughter Rebecca, claim to be victims of police brutality. They waited a considerable period of time before bringing suit, however, and the district court turned them away, partially on timeliness grounds and partially for failure to proffer a federally-cognizable claim. Their appeal contends that the lower court misunderstood both the operation of the statute of limitations in civil conspiracy...

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