Ray v. Maher

How courts have described this case

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• stating that federal courts apply state law personal injury limitations periods to section 1983 actions
• stating that federal courts look to a state’s personal injury laws to determine the statute of limitations for § 1983 claims (citing 42 U.S.C. § 1988(a))
• explaining that state’s tolling rules also apply to § 1983 claims
• a state’s “limitations period is applied in its entirety, complete with related tolling provisions”
• “[Section] 1983 claims are personal to the injured party.”
• § 1983 claims are personal to the injured party

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).