Bret F. Maness, Appellant v. Mike Gordon, William Miller, Shelley (doe) Gordon, John Doe, Fred Potts, Mark Kolstad…

Summary

The court affirmed summary judgment on claims arising from alleged childhood sexual assaults because the claims were untimely and the plaintiff could not invoke the discovery rule without expert testimony supporting repressed memory syndrome. It also held that requiring an indigent civil litigant to obtain such expert testimony did not violate due process because the state's interests in accurately and timely resolving stale claims outweighed the risk of erroneous deprivation. The opinion did not decide whether properly supported repressed-memory allegations could extend the limitations period.