Michael v. Basso v. City of West Covina Herman R. Fast Ronald E. Holmes West Covina Police Department

8 F.3d 25 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Michael V. BASSO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF WEST COVINA; Herman R. Fast; Ronald E. Holmes; West Covina Police Department, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-55216. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 6, 1993. Decided Oct. 21, 1993. Before: BROWNING, FARRIS, and KELLY, * Circuit Judges. MEMORANDUM ** The parties are familiar with the facts and issues presented in this appeal and we will not restate them here. * The Federal Full Faith and Credit Statute "obliges federal courts to give the same preclusive effect to a state-court judgment as would the courts of the State rendering the judgment." McDonald v. City of West Branch, 466 U.S. 284, 287 (1984) (construing 28 U.S.C. § 1738 ). Under California law, "[t]ermination of an action by a statute of limitations is deemed a technical or procedural, rather than a substantive, termination," and therefore does not constitute a…