Mason v. Schaub

564 F.2d 308 James MASON, Appellant, v. Edward C. SCHAUB, M. Huggins, R. Waller, Tony Pisule, George Dardeen, Thomas Lee Avirett, and Hughes Tool Company, a corporation, d/b/a Desert Inn Hotel and Country Club, Appellees. No. 77-1303. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Nov. 8, 1977. Roger D. Cox, Idaho Falls, Idaho, for appellant. William B. Terry, Peter H. Burleigh, Ctd., Cromer, Barker & Michaelson, Las Vegas, Nev., for appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Before BROWNING, GOODWIN and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 James Mason brought this action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , and the court dismissed the action because it was barred by the Nevada statute of limitation. Mason appeals. 2 Mason alleged that defendants Schaub, Huggins, and Waller, police officers for the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, had arrested him without warrant or probable cause, failed to take him before a magistrate, and filed charges without cause after an unwarranted delay. He further alleged that defendants Pisule, Dardeen, and Avirett, acting as agents and managers of Summa Corporation, successor to Hughes Tool Company, doing…