Jones v. Frost, No. 13-3094 (8th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff filed suit against defendants four years after a jury acquitted him of murder, alleging that defendants conspired to frame him for the crime. In this case, Arkansas provides a three year statute of limitations for state malicious prosecution claims. The court affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for defendants because plaintiff's suit was time-barred where he failed to file his complaint within the applicable three year time period. Further, plaintiff failed to establish equitable tolling.
Court Description: Civil case - Civil Rights. Plaintiff's action alleging defendants conspired to conceal evidence and deprive him of his right to a fair trial was barred by Arkansas's three-year statute of limitations on malicious prosecution claims and there were no grounds for equitable tolling.
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