Dennis Sharkey v. Eral O'Neal

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DENNIS SHARKEY, No. 11-15619 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 3:09-cv-04341-

JSW

ERAL O’NEAL; SILVA FOSTER; D.

GRAHAM; CHARLES SYDNEY,

Defendants-Appellees. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Jeffrey S. White, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 5, 2013—San Francisco, California

Filed February 10, 2015

Before: Stephen Reinhardt and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges, and Robert S. Lasnik, District Judge.*

Opinion by Judge Reinhardt

* The Honorable Robert S. Lasnik, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, sitting by designation. SHARKEY V. O’NEAL

SUMMARY**

Americans with Disabilities Act/Civil Rights

The panel reversed the district court’s order dismissing as time-barred plaintiff’s claims under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

The district judge applied California’s two-year statute of limitations for personal…