MEMORANDUM

A. RICHARD CAPUTO, District Judge.

On February 27, 2012, I issued an order that, among other things, dismissed Plaintiff's § 1983, civil conspiracy, and false imprisonment claims as untimely. I dismissed the claims on the grounds that they had been filed more than two years after the equitable tolling date for the statute of limitations, and thus they were untimely.

Upon further consideration of the statute of limitations, I now determine that Plaintiff's claims fall under the American Pipe tolling doctrine. Under that doctrine, "the commencement of a class action suspends the applicable statute of limitations to all asserted members of the class who would have been parties had the suit been permitted to continue as a class action." American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah, 414 U.S. 538, 554 (1974).1 On February 13, 2009, various plaintiffs filed a class action suit arising out of the alleged conspiracy at issue in this case. See Conway v. Conahan, No. 3:09-cv-0291, later consolidated as Wallace v. Powell, 3:09-cv-0286. The putative class includes juveniles incarcerated by Defendant Mark Ciavarella and their parents who incurred damages. Plaintiff here, who was a juvenile incarcerated by Mr. Ciavarella, falls within that class. Therefore, the statute of limitations on his § 1983 and state tort claims was tolled pursuant to American Pipe upon the filing of the class action suit in Wallace v. Powell.

For this reason, Plaintiff's claims were not untimely and the order dismissing his claims will be vacated. An appropriate order follows.