Wilson v. Hussman, decided yesterday by Judge Lawrence Piersol (D.S.D.) deals with a civil case brought over an alleged rape of a child on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation; the rape allegedly occurred when plaintiff was 8 and 9 years old, around 1978 or 1979. A federal statute, enacted Sept. 16, 2022, changed the statute of limitations for such offenses, and the version in the main text of 18 U.S.C. § 2255 appears to entirely waive any time limits for such lawsuits:
… (a) In general.—Any person who, while a minor, was a victim of a violation of section 1589, 1590, 1591, 2241(c), 2242, 2243, 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, 2260, 2421, 2422, or 2423 of this title and who suffers personal injury as a result of such violation, regardless of whether the injury occurred while such person was a minor, may sue in any appropriate United States District Court and shall recover the actual damages such person sustains or liquidated damages in the amount of $150,000, and the cost of the action, including reasonable attorney's fees and other litigation costs reasonably incurred. The court may also award punitive damages and such other preliminary and equitable relief as the court determines to be appropriate.
(b) Statute of limitations.—There shall be no time limit for the filing of a complaint commencing an action under this section.
But the actual public law that enacted the statute also provides (as noted here),
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