Gomez v. Whitney

Bartolo Gomez, Sr. and his family brought a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Winslow and its employees Walter Maulé, Sterling Norgaard and Frank Kramer. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants on the grounds that the statute of limitations had run on the plaintiffs’ claims and that the plaintiffs failed to state a cognizable § 1983 claim. We review the district court’s grant of summary judgment de novo, Lone Ranger Television, Inc. v. Program Radio Corp., 740 F.2d 718, 720 (9th Cir.1984), and affirm.

Appellants’ son, Bartolo Gomez, Jr., who…