U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Lawrence Allen v. Dustin Fait
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Eugene Edward Siler Jr.
- Filed
- Feb. 13, 2025
- Case
- Lawrence Allen v. Dustin Fait
- Case status
- Decided
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0087n.06 Case No. 23-6052 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED February 13, 2025 KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk ) LAWRENCE ALLEN, ) Plaintiff-Appellant, ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED ) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR v. ) THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ) TENNESSEE DUSTIN FAIT; TOWN OF SMYRNA, ) TENNESSEE, ) OPINION Defendants-Appellees. ) Before: SILER, COLE, and BUSH, Circuit Judges. SILER, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Lawrence Allen appeals from the district court’s order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case against Defendants Dustin Fait and Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, for, among other things, allegedly withholding exculpatory evidence. The district court held that because Allen filed his civil case nearly two years after his guilty plea in the underlying criminal case, his lawsuit is barred by Tennessee’s one-year statute of limitations. We affirm. I. Allen’s complaint sets forth the following facts, which we assume are true at this stage. See Wershe v. City of Detroit, 112 F.4th 357, 362 (6th Cir. 2024). On June 18, 2015, Allen was arrested for and charged with domestic assault and aggravated rape based on allegations made by his wife, …
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