LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
The American common law rule is that generally the filing of a prior judicial action does not toll the statute of limitations. Puerto Rico has chosen a different rule, permitting such tolling. That rule gives rise to this appeal.
The federal civil rights claims brought by Carmen L. Rodríguez-García, a terminated public employee, were not timely unless they were saved by tolling based on an earlier complaint that she filed in...
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