Opinion ID: 888176
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Second State Court Action

Text: ¶ 10 After dismissal of his federal action, and the District Court's denial of his motion to re-open DV-04-52, Hawkes filed a second action in state court, Cause No. DV-07-22. In this second complaint, filed April 12, 2007, Hawkes named Corrections, the sole defendant named in his first state action, as well as six of the seven individual defendants who had been named in his federal action. The complaint alleged the same facts and claims as asserted in his initial state and federal actions. ¶ 11 Defendants filed a motion to dismiss this action for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted because more than three years had elapsed since the alleged acts had occurred. The District Court agreed and granted Defendants' motion to dismiss on December 10, 2007. Hawkes appeals.