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• stating that a two-year statute of limitations applies to civil right's actions originating in Pennsylvania
• holding plaintiffs must “exercise a reasonable amount of diligence and vigilance when pursuing a claim”
• explaining that a district court may deny leave to amend if the moving party has demonstrated undue delay, bad faith, or dilatory motives; amendment would be futile; or amendment would prejudice the other party
• remanding case and noting that cognitively disabled plaintiff might 1 The parties do not dispute the accrual date on appeal. 4 be entitled to equitable tolling
• “This plenary review extends to the District Court’s choice and interpretation of applicable tolling principles and its conclusion that the facts prevented a tolling of the statute of limitations”
• “[W]e are inclined to give the District Court even broader discretion when, as here, the court has already granted the requesting party an opportunity to amend its complaint.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).