Peters v. Board of Trustees of the Vista Unified School District

MEMORANDUM

Ryan Peters appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment in his action against his former school and school district alleging harassment and retaliation in violation of state and federal law. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s dismissal on the basis of the applicable statute of limitations. Lukovsky v. City & County of San Francisco, 535 F.3d 1044, 1047 (9th Cir.2008). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Peters’s claims as time-barred because the applicable statute of limitations is three years, at most, and Peters filed his action beyond that time. See Jones v. Blanas, 393 F.3d 918, 927 (9th Cir.2004) (California’s two-year statute of limitations for personal injury actions applies to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims); Taylor v. Regents of Univ. of Cal., 993 F.2d 710 , 712 (9th Cir.1993) (per curiam) (California’s statute of limitations for personal injury actions applies to Title VI claims); Alexopulos v. S.F. Unified Sch. Dist., 817 F.2d 551 , 554 (9th Cir.1987) (either California’s statute of limitations for personal injury actions or its three-year statute of limitations for a “liability created by…