Jones v. Blanas, No. 02-17148 (9th Cir.) (393 F.3d 918) (December 27, 2004) (Judge Betty Binns Fletcher)
Here the Court held that the district court had erred in dismissing a § 1983 lawsuit on the grounds that it had been filed late, concluding that he should have been granted equitable estoppel as a matter of “fundamental practicality and fairness".
The plaintiff in this case, Oscar Jones, appealed ...
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