James H. Marx v. Go Publishing Company, Inc.

721 F.2d 1272 James H. MARX, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GO PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellant. No. 82-5296. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 30, 1983. Decided Dec. 15, 1983. Felice Cutler, Cutler & Cutler, Los Angeles, Cal., Gerald P. Greiman, Greensfelder & Greiman, P.C., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee. Philip R. Linsley, Nemecek, Gonzalez & Linsley, Sherman Oaks, Cal., for defendant-appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before GOODWIN, KENNEDY and ALARCON, Circuit Judges. * PER CURIAM: 1 We address on this appeal how the federal statute for registration of judgments from other districts interacts with a counterpart California statute and with the California statute of limitations. 2 Marx obtained judgment against Go Publishing in 1971 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The judgment was unsatisfied, and in 1980 Marx registered it in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1963 . In 1982 Marx commenced proceedings in the latter court to enforce the judgment. The district court…