Eddings

Eddings v. City of Jefferson

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81 F. App'x 926
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 20, 2003No. 03-35239California242 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

William Lester Eddings appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging defendants violated federal constitutional and Oregon state laws in processing his construction permit applications. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo. Clark v. Bear Stearns & *927 Co., Inc., 966 F.2d 1318 , 1320 (9th Cir.1992) (summary judgment and res judicata); Fink v. Shedler, 192 F.3d 911, 913-14 (9th Cir.1999) (statute of limitations). We affirm.

The district court properly concluded that Eddings’s claims against the City of Jefferson (“City”) relating to the 1999 approval and 2000 denial of extension of a building permit were barred by res judicata. See Dodd v. Hood River County, 59 F.3d 852, 862 (9th Cir.1995).

The district court also properly concluded that applicable statutes of limitations barred Eddings’s remaining claims against the City and its officers. See Fink, 192 F.3d at 914 (“federal courts apply the forum state’s personal injury statute of limitations for section 1983 claims”); Or.Rev. Stat. §§ 12.110(1) & 30.275(9). Eddings’s claims that defendant Berman, in her personal capacity, committed…

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