Leslie L. Brennan v. San Juan County Sheriff's Dept. William Cumming, Sheriff

34 F.3d 1071 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Leslie L. BRENNAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT.; William Cumming, Sheriff, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-35507. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 2, 1994. Decided Aug. 12, 1994. Before: WRIGHT, KOZINSKI and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 We affirm entry of summary judgment against Leslie L. Brennan on her numerous federal and state discrimination and tort claims against Sheriff Cumming and the San Juan County Sheriff's Department. 1 3 Brennan challenged the sheriff's anti-nepotism policy under Washington state law, R.C.W. Sec. 49.60.180, which has a three-year statute of limitation. Albright v. State, 829 P.2d 1114, 1116 (Wash.App.1992). Although she filed her claim more than three years after Cumming told her that the policy would bar her employment, the policy may have been "an ongoing pattern or practice of discrimination," Lewis v.…