Unpublished Dispositionjeffrey A. Murr, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Paul Shoemaker, Larry Cunningham, John Doe, Defendants-appellees, 859 F.2d 922 (6th Cir. 1988)

Before ENGEL, Chief Judge, BOGGS, Circuit Judge, and McRAE, Senior District Judge.^* 

ORDER

This case has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 9(a), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon examination of the record and briefs, this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not needed. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a).

Plaintiff filed his civil rights action on June 8, 1987, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that his fourth amendment rights were violated in May of 1983 when he was falsely arrested and falsely imprisoned. The defendants are two Ohio police officers and a Sandusky County sheriff's deputy. The district court granted judgment for defendants, deciding that plaintiff's claims were barred by the applicable statute of limitations.

Upon consideration, we conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing plaintiff's suit. Plaintiff failed to file his complaint within one year after the accrual of his cause of action. See Thomas v. Shipka, 829 F.2d 570, 572-73 (6th Cir. 1987) (on rehearing); Mulligan v. Hazard, 777 F.2d 340 (6th Cir. 1985), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1174 (1986). Furthermore, plaintiff's imprisonment is not a disability which tolls the statute of limitations. See Higley v. Michigan Dep't of Corrections, 835 F.2d 623 (6th Cir. 1987). Plaintiff's claims are thus time-barred.

The district court's judgment is hereby affirmed. Rule 9(b) (5), Rules of the Sixth Circuit.