Billy Cepero v. Douglas Gillespie
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Nevada state prisoner Billy Cepero appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging federal and state law claims arising out of an arrest. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a dismissal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). Knievel v. ESPN, 393 F.3d 1068, 1072 (9th Cir. 2005). We reverse and remand.
The district court concluded that Cepe-ro’s complaint was not timely filed. However, the record reflects that Cepero constructively filed a handwritten complaint before the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations period. See Loya v. Desert Sands Unified Sch. Dist., 721 F.2d 279, 281 (9th Cir. 1983) (complaint which arrives in the custody of the court clerk within the statutory period but fails to conform with local rules is nevertheless deemed filed for statute of limitations purposes); see also Ordonez v. Johnson, 254 F.3d 814, 816 (9th Cir. 2001) (pro se prisoner constructively filed amended complaint before filing deadline when it was received but returned unfiled by the district court). Therefore, we reverse the judgment and remand for further proceedings.