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the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 95-60473

Summary Calendar

WILLIAM T. BUSICK,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

JOHN E. McGINTY, YAZOO COUNTY

SHERIFF’S DEPT. SHERIFF; DAVID

SMITH, AGENT; YAZOO COUNTY

SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court

For the Southern District of Mississippi

(5:95-CV-73)

 November 8, 1995 

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, DAVIS and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

William T. Busick appeals the district court’s dismissal of his civil rights complaint

as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). Finding no abuse of discretion, we affirm.

On June 9, 1995 Busick filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint againstJohn E. McGinty,
 

1Booker v. Koonce, 2 F.3d 114 (5th Cir. 1993).

 

2Denton v. Hernandez, 504 U.S. 25 (1992).

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Sheriff of Yazoo County, Mississippi, and David Smith, a detective in the Yazoo County

Sheriff’s Department. Busick alleges that his residence was raided on February 13, 1992 by

local law enforcement officers, includingMcGinty and Smith. After being informed that the

officers did not have a search warrantBusick confronted them and ordered them to leave his

home. In response Busick contends that he was beaten and arrested and then taken to the

Yazoo County jail where he was coerced by detective Smith into signing a false statement.

This false statement was then used against him at trial. Busick further alleges that Smith

gave perjured testimony at trial. In a supplemental pleading Busick named several other

individuals as defendants.

The district court dismissed the action asfrivolous because the claims associatedwith

the search ofthe house andBusick’s arrest were time-barred and because the defendantswho

were alleged to have perjured themselves were entitled to absolute immunity. Busick timely

appeals.

An in forma pauperis complaint may be dismissed as frivolous under 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(d) if it has no arguable basisin law or fact.1 Section 1915(d) dismissals are reviewed

for abuse of discretion.2

We find neither abuse of discretion nor error in the trial court’s finding that Busick’s

claims are barred by the statute of limitations. There being no federal statute of limitations

forsection 1983 actions, the federal courts borrow the forum state’s general personal injury
 

3Owens v. Okure, 488 U.S. 235 (1989); Henson-El v. Rogers, 923 F.2d 51 (5th Cir.),

cert. denied, 501 U.S. 1235 (1991).

 

4Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-49 (1995).

 

5Gartrell v. Gaylor, 981 F.2d 254, 256 (5th Cir. 1993).

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limitations period.3 The Mississippi statute for general personal injury is three years.4 The

search of Busick’s house and his arrest and interrogation occurred in February 1992.

Busick’s complaint was filed on June 9, 1995. “[W]here it is clear from the face of the

complaintfiled in forma pauperisthat the claims asserted are barred by the applicable statute

of limitations, those claims are properly dismissed pursuant to § 1915(d).”5 Therefore the

district court properly dismissed Busick’s action as time-barred. We further note that the

trial court correctly disposed of the alleged perjurious testimony on the absolute immunity

grounds.

AFFIRMED.