Izabel v. Downing

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reaffirming that a plaintiff cannot “simply sit back, without further investigation, and permit the statutory period to lapse.”
• applying Rhode Island’s three-year statute of limitations for personal injury actions to a § 1983 action alleging constitutional violations
• “[A] plaintiff’s ignorance of the existence of a legal right of action based on his injury does not operate to delay accrual of his claim.”
• discussing the principles and illustrative cases

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).