Joyce Ann Williams, Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem for Minor Children v. City of San Jose, a Municipal Corporation

956 F.2d 1169 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Joyce Ann WILLIAMS, individually and as Guardian ad litem for minor children, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF SAN JOSE, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellee. No. 91-15093. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 10, 1992. Decided March 11, 1992. Before FLETCHER, D.W. NELSON and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Joyce Ann Williams, on her own behalf and on behalf of her minor children, (appellant) brought this civil rights action against the City of San Jose (City) after her husband was slain by a San Jose police officer. 1 The death occurred January 18, 1989, and this action was not filed until March 1, 1990. The district court dismissed on grounds that the action was not filed within the applicable statute of limitations--one year. We affirm. BACKGROUND 3 After appellant's husband was killed during the execution of a search warrant at his home, she filed a…