Barber

Barber v. Municipality of Los Angeles

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52 F. App'x 426
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 12, 2002No. 02-56085; D.C. No. CV-00-08611-MMMCalifornia252 words

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*427 MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Anthony Barber, his wife Teresa Barber, and his mother Mary L. Giles, appeal pro se the district court’s dismissal of their 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, Fink v. Shedler, 192 F.3d 911, 913-14 (9th Cir.1999), and we affirm.

Appellants contend that the district court should have tolled the running of the statute of limitations period because of Anthony Barber’s mental disability. The district court properly concluded that limitations period should not be tolled because Barber’s prosecution of the underlying action shows that he was capable of transacting business and understanding the nature and effects of his acts despite his alleged mental disability. See Cal. Civ. P.Code § 352(a) (providing that the limitation period is tolled for the period of disability caused by a plaintiffs insanity); Hsu v. Mt. Zion Hospital, 259 Cal.App.2d 562 , 66 Cal.Rptr. 659, 664 (Cal.Dist.App.1968), (holding that a person is “insane” under California law for tolling purposes if he is “incapable of caring for his property or transacting business, or…

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