Thornton

MEMORANDUM *

Plaintiff-appellant, Gregory Owen Thornton, a retired former Chief of Police for the City of Goldendale, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the City of Goldendale (the “City”), the Goldendale Police Department, five City police officers, former City mayor Mark Sigfrinius, and City Councilperson and Deputy County Prosecutor Gwendolyn Grundei alleging a variety of civil rights violations. The district court denied plaintiffs motion for leave to file additional affidavits, granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment in full and, consequently, denied the defendants’ motion to strike. Appellant appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment. Because the parties are familiar with the facts and arguments of this case, they will only be discussed as necessary to explain the decision.

All of Thornton’s claims arose from events that occurred over three years before he filed his suit, three years being the undisputed statute of limitations in Washington for 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims. The district court correctly held that all of those claims are barred by the statute of limitations except for the claim of malicious prosecution in retaliation for the exercise…