Ellis D. Burrell v. Jimmy Newsome, Chief of Police, Port Arthur Police Dept.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1989-09-19

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GARWOOD, Circuit Judge: Plaintiff-appellant Ellis D. Burrell (Bur-rell) appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his section 1983 case against ap-pellees-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 st…

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