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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

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TIMOTHY CLARK,  )  
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Plaintiff,  )  
)  Civil Action No.  
v.  )  09-40040-FDS  
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RICHARD B. EDISON,  )  
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Defendant.  )  
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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
SAYLOR, J.
This is a civil lawsuit based on an alleged sexual abuse of a minor that plaintiff contends occurred nearly forty years ago.  Jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship.  Plaintiff Timothy Clark alleges that he was sexually abused by defendant Richard Edison repeatedly between 1974 and 1977.  He did not, however, bring suit until November 2008.  He contends that he repressed any memory of the experience until 2008, when memories of the abuse suddenly returned to him while he was visiting his mother

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