Doyle Lancaster v. City of Reno, Nevada

MEMORANDUM

Doyle Dolen Lancaster, a Nevada state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that defendants at the City of Reno police department, the Washoe County jail, and the Nevada Department of Corrections violated his constitutional rights and failed to provide reasonable accommodation for his disabilities. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo. Douglas v. Noelle, 567 F.3d 1103, 1106 (9th Cir.2009). We may affirm on any basis supported by the record. Johnson v. Riverside Healthcare Sys., LP, 534 F.3d 1116, 1121 (9th Cir.2008). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed as time-barred the claims against the City of Reno and Washoe County defendants because all of the actions or omissions attributed to these defendants occurred more than two years prior to the filing of the complaint. See Nev.Rev.Stat. § 11.190(4)(e) (two-year statute of limitations for personal injury claims); Douglas, 567 F.3d at 1109 (§ 1983 actions governed by forum state personal injury statute of limitations); Pickern v. Holiday Quality Foods, Inc., 293 F.3d 1133 , 1137 n. 2 (9th Cir.2002) (state personal injury…