Robert Holland v. City of Phoenix

MEMORANDUM

Robert W. Holland, an attorney, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing as time-barred his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging federal and state law violations in connection with defendants’ collection and alleged misapplication of traffic offense fees. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, TwoRivers v. Lewis, 174 F.3d 987, 991 (9th Cir.1999), and we affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Holland’s claims as time-barred because all claims accrued more than two years before Holland filed his complaint. See Ariz.Rev. Stat. § 12-542 (two-year statute of limitations for personal injury actions); Ariz. Rev.Stat. § 12-821 (one-year statute of limitations for actions against any public entity or public employee); TwoRivers, 174 F.3d at 991-92 (for § 1983 claims, federal courts apply the forum state’s statute of limitations for personal injury claims, which begin to accrue “when the plaintiff knows or has reason to know of the injury”); see also Knox v. Davis, 260 F.3d 1009, 1013 (9th Cir.2001) (mere continuing impact from past violations not actionable).

AFFIRMED.

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