Johnny Woods, Jr. v. City of Chandler

MEMORANDUM

Johnny G. Woods, Jr., appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in his action alleging state and federal claims arising out of his 2010 arrests. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo. Lukovsky v. City of San Francisco, 535 F.3d 1044, 1048 (9th Cir.2008) (dismissal based on statute of limitations); Blankenhorn v. City of Orange, 485 F.3d 463, 470 (9th Cir.2007) (summary judgment). We affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Woods’s state law claims because Woods did not raise a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether he filed a notice of claim within 180 days of his 2010 arrests. See Ariz.Rev.Stat. § 12-821.01(A) (a plaintiff must file a notice of claim against a public entity or public employees within 180 days after the cause of action accrues); see also Ariz.Rev.Stat. § 12-821.01(B) (“[A] cause of action accrues when the damaged party realizes he or she has been damaged and knows or reasonably should know the cause, source, act, event, instrumentality or condition that caused or contributed to the damage.”).

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Woods’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims…