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c o m p la in t. F o r t h e re a s o n s s e t f o rt h b e lo w , w e w ill s u m m a ri ly af f ir m . S e e I.O .P . 1 0 .6 . I. I n M ay2009, M ur r ay , a pr o s e pr i s oner , fi l ed a c i vi l act i on pur s uantt o 42 U . S. C . § 1983 agai ns tD avi d D i G ugl i el m o ( “D i G ugl i el m o”) , Super i nt endentatthe S tat e C o rrecti o n al Insti tuti o n at G raterfo rd (“ S C I G raterfo rd” ); M aryC an ino (“C an ino ”), H ear i ng E xami ner ; C apt ai n T hom as D ohm an ( “D ohm an”) ; and Li eut enantJ ohn M oy er ( “M oy er ”) . M ur r ayal l eged thatD ohm an and M oy ervi ol at ed hi s cons t i tut i onal r i ght s on D ece m ber6, 2006, w hen theyci t ed hi m forpos s es s i on of drugs , pos s es s i on of contr aband, unauthor i zed us e of the mai l , and l y i ng t o empl oy ees . M urr aycl ai m ed that C ani no l at ervi ol at ed hi s cons t i tut i onal r i ght s w hen s he found hi m gui l t yof the m i s conductw i t houtanys uppor t i ng evi dence and s anct i oned hi m t o 360 day s i n t he R estri cted H o u sing U n it . L astl y , h e c lai m ed that h e w as tran sfe rred fro m S C I G raterfo rd t o anotherfac i l i t yon A pr i l 2, 2007, i n r et al i at i on forfi l i ng gr i evanc es overhi s m edi cal c a re . O n J une 9, 2009, t he D efe ndant s m oved t o di s m i s s M urr ay ’ s compl ai nton t he bas i s thathi s cl ai m s w er e unt i m el y , and thus , barr ed bythe appl i cabl e s t atut e of l i m i t at i on s. B ecause M urr ayi nd i cat ed in hi s r espon se t o D efen dan t s’ m oti on t o d i sm i ss thats om e of the under l y i ng event s m ayhave oc curr ed w i t hi n t he s t atut e of l i m i t at i ons , t he D i s tr i ctC our tperm i t t ed M ur r ayt o amend hi s compl ai ntt o i ncl ude “a l l al l egat i ons and the fac t s s uppor t i ng t hem. ” M ur r ayfi l ed an a m ended c om pl ai nton J ul y27, 2009, and theM urr ayal s o appea l s fr om an or derof the D i s t r i ctC our tdeny i ng hi s m ot i on forr el i ef 1 fro m jud g m en t un d er F ed . R . C iv. P. 60 (b). 3 D efe ndant s agai n m oved t o di s m i s s i t . A ft erthor oughl yr evi ew i ng the amended c o m p lain t, th e D istric t C o u rt d ism iss e d it p u rsu a n t to 2 8 U .S .C . § 1 9 1 5 A (b ) f o r f a ilu re to s t at e a c l ai m upon w hi ch r el i ef c oul d be gr ant ed. E ven cons t rui ng the amended compl ai nt lib e ra lly , the D istric t C o u rt c o n c lu d e d th a t th e c laim s w e re u n tim e ly . M u rra ya p p e a ls 1 thatdet erm i nat i on. II. W e have j ur i s di ct i on overt hi s appea l pur s uantt o 28 U . S. C . § 1291. W hen rev iew ing a c o m p lai n t dism issed u n d er § 1 9 1 5 , this C o u rtap p li es th e sa m e stan d ard pr ovi ded fori n Feder al R ul e of Ci vi l Pr ocedur e 12( b) ( 6) . See Tours cherv. M cC ul l ough, 1 8 4 F .3 d 2 3 6 , 2 4 0 (3 d C ir. 1 9 9 9 ). In d e ter m in in g w h e th e r a d istric t co u rt p ro p e rly di s m i s s ed a c om pl ai ntunderR ul e 12( b) ( 6) , thi s C our tm us t“ac ceptal l fac tual al l egat i ons as true, cons t rue the compl ai nti n t he l i ghtm os tfavor abl e t o t he pl ai nt i ff, and det erm i ne w h e th e r, u n d e r a n yre a so n a b le r e a d in g o f th e c o m p lain t, th e p lain tiff m a yb e e n tit led to r el i ef. ” Phi l l i ps v. C ount yof A l l egheny , 515 F. 3d 224, 233 ( 3d C i r . 2008) . “To survi ve a m o tio n to d ism iss , a c o m p lain t m u st c o n tain su f f icie n t f a c tu a l m a tter, a c c e p ted a s tru e , to

‘ s t at e a c l ai m t o r el i ef thati s pl aus i bl e on i t s fac e. ’ ” A s hcr oftv. I qbal , 129 S. C t . 1937, 1 9 4 9 (20 0 9 ). W e a g ree w ith the D istri ct C o u rt ’s an aly sis r eg ard ing the tim eli n ess o f M u rray ’s4

cl ai m s . A compl ai ntm aypr oper l ybe di s m i s s ed forfai l ur e t o s t at e a c l ai m on s t atut e of l i m i t at i ons gr ounds i f the unt i m el i nes s of the compl ai nti s appar enton i t s fac e. See O sh iver v . L ev in, Fish b ein, S ed ran & B erm an , 3 8 F . 3 d 1 3 8 0 , 1 3 8 4 n . 1 (3d C ir . 1 9 9 4 ). W hi l e 42 U . S. C . § 1983 does nots etfor t h a l i m i t at i ons per i od, “fe der al cour t s m us tl ook t o the s t atut e of l i m i t at i ons governi ng anal ogous s t at e ca us es of ac t i ons . ” U r rut i a v. H arr i s bur g C ount yPol i ce D ep’ t , 91 F. 3d 451, 457 n. 9 ( 3d C i r . 1996) . H er e, as the D istri ct C o u rtn o ted, th e a p p li ca b le st atute o f li m it ati o n s is th at go v ern ing p erso n al i n jury cl ai m s i n Penns y l vani a. See W al l ace v. K at o, 549 U . S. 384, 387 ( 2007) . T her efor e, M u rra yh a d tw o y e a rs f ro m th e tim e h is c a u se o f a c tio n a c c ru e d in w h ich to f ile h is compl ai nt . See 42 Pa. C ons . St at . A nn. § 5524( 2) . A § 1983 caus e of a ct i on acc rues on the dat e w hen a pl ai nt i ff kne w ors houl d have know n hi s r i ght s had bee n vi ol at ed. See G en tyv . R eso luti o n T rust C o rp., 9 3 7 F . 2 d 8 9 9 , 9 1 9 (3d C ir . 1 9 9 1 ). H e re , M u rra yk n e w , o r h a d re a so n to k n o w , o f h is a lleg e d m istre a tm e n t w h e n it occurr ed. M ur r ay ’ s cl ai m s agai ns tthe D efe ndant s ar os e betw een D ece m ber5, 2006, and A p r i l 2 , 2 0 0 7 . H o w e v e r , h e d i d n o tf i l e a c o m p l a i n tu n t i l M a y 1 8 , 2 0 0 9 . A c c o r d i n g l y, M urr ay ’ s cl ai m s ar e unt i m el yand the D i s t r i ctC our tpr oper l ydi s m i s s ed hi s amended compl ai nton t hatbas i s . T he D i s t r i ctC our tal s o pr oper l ydi s m i s s ed M urr ay ’ s m ot i on for reli ef fro m jud g m en t un d er F ed . R . C iv. P. 60 (b). A s M u rr a y ’s a p p e a l p re s e n ts n o s u b s ta n tia l q u e s tio n , w e w ill s u m m a ri ly af f ir m . S e e T h ird C ir. L A R 2 7 .4 ; I.O .P . 1 0 .6 . M u rra y ’s m o tio n f o r a p p o in tm e n t o f

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