Legal Opinion
Torres v. City of Santa Ana
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 4, 1997No. 95-56642PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
David Torres appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint against the City of Santa Ana and individual defendants alleging civil rights violations that occurred when he was arrested by the Santa Ana police for prowling and resisting arrest. The district court concluded that Torres’s complaint was time-barred by Cal.Gov’t Code § 945.3. Torres claims that his cause of action is not time-barred because the statute of limitations should have been tolled by either a notice to appear or a petition for arraignment on probation violation. We have…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Lucido v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
- Raymond Trimble v. City of Santa RosaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Charles Leonard Elliott v. City of Union CityCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by31 opinions
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