California Minors’ Civil Rights Go well with Day After 18th Birthday OK

July 12, 2021, 7:25 p.m.

  • Time of proceeding in the civil rights case around the son’s date of birth
  • Judges know how to count days when calculating exclusions

The time when a minor can file a civil rights lawsuit over his father’s death in a police shootout excludes the child’s 18th date of birth, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday.

In cases in which the statute of limitations is suspended or suspended due to the age of a suing minor, the day after the end of the reminder is excluded for calculating the timeliness of the action. The judges unanimously upheld an appeal ruling that the law – which has not been changed since a Supreme Court ruling in 1885 – is in control.

“We have long believed that significant public order and security considerations are a definite …

Joyce E. Cutler

Joyce E. Cutler

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