Mottahedeh
Mottahedeh v. City of Los Angeles
Opinion
Lead Opinion
*640 MEMORANDUM **
Peymon Mottahedeh appeals pro se the district court’s orders dismissing his claims alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) in connection with the impounding of his car. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s dismissal for failure to state a claim, TwoRivers v. Lewis, 174 F.3d 987, 991 (9th Cir.1999), and may affirm on any basis fairly supported by the record, Beezley v. Fremont Indem. Co., 804 F.2d 530 , 530 n. 1 (9th Cir.1986) (per curiam). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Mottahedeh’s section 1983 claims as time-barred. See Torres v. City of Santa Ana, 108 F.3d 224, 226 (9th Cir.1997) (applying California’s personal injury one-year statute of limitation and tolling provisions to section 1983 claim); Wood v. Elling Corp., 20 Cal.3d 353 , 142 Cal.Rptr. 696 , 572 P.2d 755, 757-58 (Cal.1977) (explaining that statute of limitations is not tolled during pendency of action dismissed for failure to prosecute).
We affirm the district court’s dismissal of Mottahedeh’s state law claim against All City Tow because that claim was also…