McCulley

McCulley v. Schwenn

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220 F. App'x 475
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJanuary 26, 2007No. 05-16021California327 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Dennis David McCulley appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging malicious prosecution. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a dismissal based on the statute of limitations, see Santa Maria v. Pac. Bell, 202 F.3d 1170, 1175 (9th Cir.2000), and we may “affirm the district court on any ground supported by the record, even if the ground is not relied on by the district court.” Charley’s Taxi Radio Dispatch Corp. v. SIDA of Hawaii, Inc., 810 F.2d 869 , 874 (9th Cir.1987).

There has been no favorable termination of McCulley’s criminal conviction enabling McCulley to bring malicious prosecution claims. See Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 486-87 , 114 S.Ct. 2364 , 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994). The record shows that charges remained pending against McCulley after the Arizona court granted his application for post-conviction relief and vacated his conviction on January 18, 2000. See Harvey v. Waldron, 210 F.3d 1008, 1015 (9th Cir.2000) (a section 1983 action “does not accrue until the criminal charges have been dismissed ... ”).

McCulley contends his malicious prosecution claims accrued on April 1,…

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