Eric Vongrastic Logan v. City of San Diego

92 F.3d 1192 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Eric Vongrastic LOGAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF SAN DIEGO, Defendant-Appellee. No. 95-55876. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 29, 1996. * Decided Aug. 5, 1996. Before: HUG, Chief Judge; SCHROEDER and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Eric Vongrastic Logan, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's summary judgment dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action as barred by the statute of limitations. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a district court's ruling on the appropriate statute of limitations, Taylor v. University of California, 993 F.2d 710 , 711 (9th Cir.1993) (per curiam), cert. denied, 114 S.Ct. 890 (1994), and we affirm. 3 Federal courts apply the statute of limitations of the state in which the claim arises for section 1983 actions. Wilson v. Garcia, 471 U.S. 261, 269 (1985). State law also…