Juan Jose Lozada v. Watsonville Municipal Court Santa Cruz County Personnel

999 F.2d 543 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Juan Jose LOZADA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WATSONVILLE MUNICIPAL COURT; Santa Cruz County Personnel, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-15138. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 6, 1993. * Decided July 13, 1993. Before TANG, POOLE and NORRIS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Juan Jose Lozada appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his employment discrimination action arising from defendants' decision not to hire Lozada for the position of municipal court clerk. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Felton v. Unisource Corp., 940 F.2d 503, 508 (9th Cir.1991); Bouman v. Block, 940 F.2d 1211, 1218 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 112 S.Ct. 640 (1991), and affirm. 3 The district court correctly held that Lozada's claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 was barred by California's one-year statute of limitations for personal injury actions. See Cal.Civ.Proc.Code…