Dan Richards v. Michael Mitcheff

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• holding that suits under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 borrow the statute of limitations for state personal injury claims, which in Indiana is two years
• holding that 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions borrow the statute of limitations for state personal injury claims, which in Indiana is two years
• explaining that dismissal under Rule 12(c) is appropriate for 15 self-defeating complaints—i.e., complaints “whose allegations show that there is 16 an airtight defense”
• explaining that dismissal under Rule 12(c) is appropriate for self-defeating complaints—i.e., complaints “whose allegations show that there is an airtight defense”
• explaining that a complaint may be dismissed under Rule 12(b)(6) or 12(c) if the complaint's allegations raise an \airtight\ or \impenetrable\ defense \to what would otherwise be a good claim\
• applying Indiana's two-year statute of limitations, Ind. Code § 34-1 1—2—4, for personal injury actions to section 1983 claims

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).