Vaughan v. Grijalva

927 F.2d 476 Tracy Ray VAUGHAN, et al., Plaintiffs, and Paul Eppinger; Ray Fell Chatman; Frank Kozelou; John Malone; Raymond L. Clevidence; Gary W. Bernard; Felipe Trevino; Stephen A. Boyes; Charles W. Shepherd, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Alfred GRIJALVA, Warden, Arizona State Prison; James D. Ricketts, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 89-16170, 89-16171. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 17, 1990. Decided March 1, 1991. Mary E. Berkheiser, Meyer, Hendricks, Victor, Osborn & Maledon, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiffs-appellants. Thomas Prose, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, Ariz., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before CHOY, WIGGINS and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. LEAVY, Circuit Judge: 1 Nine Arizona state prisoners appeal from the district court's dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 complaints for failure to state a claim against Arizona prison officials. The district court dismissed the complaints under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) on the ground that the applicable statute of limitation period had run. We reverse and remand. FACTS AND…