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Statute of Limitations May Toll While Prisoner Exhausts Administrative Remedies
In 2003, William Howell, a Georgia state prisoner, sued jail guards in federal district court under 42 U.S.C. 1983 for an incident that occurred over two years before he filed suit. Since the applicable statute of limitations was two years, the district court dismissed the case as time-barred.
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