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Young v. Biggers

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Aug 26, 1987
820 F.2d 727 (5th Cir. 1987)

Opinion

No. 86-4132.

July 2, 1987. Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 26, 1987.

Jerry L. Young, pro se.

Sylvia Y. Robertshaw, (Court-appointed) Greenville, Miss., for Young.

Mitchell, McNutt, Bush, Lagrone, John S. Hill, Tupelo, Miss., for Crider Jones.

John B. Farese, Ashland, Miss., pro se.

Riley, Weir Caldwell, James Patrick Caldwell, Frank A. Riley, Tupelo, Miss., for Collins Hoar.

Edwin L. Pittman, Atty. Gen., Donald G. Barlow, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for Funderburk, Grey Herring.

Edward Lancaster, Houston, Miss., for Fox.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

Before THORNBERRY, GEE and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges.


ON SUGGESTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC [2] (Opinion May 11, 5 Cir., 1987, 816 F.2d 216)


We treat the suggestion for rehearing en banc as a petition for panel rehearing and, so treating it, we GRANT rehearing.

Seven days after we handed down our opinion in this action, the Supreme Court decided St Francis College v. Majid Ghaidan Al-Khazraji, ___ U.S. ___, 107 S.Ct. 2022, 95 L.Ed.2d 582 (1987). Al-Khazraji held, among other things, that a decision determining that a shorter statute of limitations governed an action such as this than that which had been previously held to control should not be applied retroactively to bar the action. The effect of that holding is to overrule Shelby v. McAdory, 781 F.2d 1053 (5th Cir. 1986), which bound our decision in this case, and to mandate the contrary result here. Young's action is therefore not time-barred, and he can now proceed with his civil rights action against those who tried and convicted him of bank robbery for depriving him of his liberty, property and so on.

REVERSED.


Summaries of

Young v. Biggers

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Aug 26, 1987
820 F.2d 727 (5th Cir. 1987)
Case details for

Young v. Biggers

Case Details

Full title:JERRY LYNN YOUNG, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. NEAL B. BIGGERS, JR., ET AL.…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Aug 26, 1987

Citations

820 F.2d 727 (5th Cir. 1987)

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