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Indigent Texas Prisoners Subject to 31 Day Statute of Limitations
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2002
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2002, page 26
In two recent cases, Texas state restrictions on the filing of civil lawsuits, codified at Chapter 14 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code (TCPRC), in Texas state court have been upheld. One restriction includes a 31day statute of limitations following the denial of the statutorallymandated prison system administrative ...
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Civil Procedure,
State Law Claims,
Administrative Exhaustion,
Limitations,
Filing Fees.
Location:
Texas.
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