Torres

Torres v. State Bar

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245 F. App'x 645
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 21, 2007No. 06-15571California284 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Felix Torres, Jr., a California attorney who was suspended from the practice of law for misconduct, appeals pro se from the district court’s orders dismissing his civil rights action against the State Bar of California (“State Bar”), the State Bar Journal, and two State Bar employees, and requiring pre-filing review of future actions by Torres against the State Bar. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo dismissal based on a statute of limitations. O’Donnell v. Veneor, Inc., 465 F.3d 1063, 1066 (9th Cir.2006). We review the imposition of a pre-filing review order for an abuse of discretion. De Long v. Hennessey, 912 F.2d 1144, 1146 (9th Cir.1990). We affirm.

The district court properly concluded that Torres’s action, filed in September 2005, was untimely because the facts surrounding Torres’s suspension were published in January 2001. See Canatella v. Van De Kamp, 486 F.3d 1128, 1133-34 (9th Cir.2007) (employing the logic of California’s single publication rule to bar untimely civil rights claims against the State Bar and State Bar Journal regarding website postings of disciplinary record).

The district court did not abuse its…

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