Taylor v. Regents of University of California

993 F.2d 710 83 Ed. Law Rep. 53 Michael E. TAYLOR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The REGENTS OF the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Clara Sue Kidwell, Daniel F. Melia, Joseph Cerny, Lucien Lecam, Rudolph Beran, Nora B. Lee, Eric L. Lehmann, Jim Pitman, and David Brillinger, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-16022. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 12, 1993. * Decided May 21, 1993. Michael E. Taylor, pro se. James E. Holst, Christine Helwick, Eric K. Behrens, Office of Gen. Counsel, University of California, Oakland, CA, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before: HUG, WIGGINS and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 Michael Taylor appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his civil rights action against the Regents of the University of California and various University employees. The district court determined that the statute of limitations had run on Taylor's 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 , 1983, 1985, and 2000d claims. A ruling on the appropriate statute of limitations is a question of law reviewed de novo. Felton v. Unisource Corp., 940 F.2d 503, 508 (9th Cir.1991). We have…