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FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION APR 14 2014 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JAMES L. WEEMS, No. 12-35840 Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 2:12-cv-00411-SU v. MEMORANDUM* OREGON UNIVERSITY SYSTEM; et al., Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Patricia Sullivan, Magistrate Judge, Presiding** Submitted April 7, 2014*** Before: TASHIMA, GRABER, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges. James L. Weems appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his action alleging federal claims arising from purportedly false * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The parties consented to proceed before a magistrate judge. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). *** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). statements made in a prior state court action regarding the reason for discharging Weems from employment as a tenured professor. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. See Fink v. Shedler,
192 F.3d 911, 914 (9th Cir. 1999) (dismissal on the basis of the statute of limitations); Romano v. Bible,
169 F.3d 1182, 1185 (9th Cir. 1999) (dismissal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6)). We affirm. The district court properly dismissed all of Weems’s claims as barred by the applicable two-year statute of limitations. See Or. Rev. Stat. § 12.110 (two-year statute of limitations for personal injury actions, including fraud); Knox v. Davis,
260 F.3d 1009, 1012-13 (9th Cir. 2001) (for § 1983 claims, federal courts apply the forum state’s personal injury statute of limitations and federal law for determining accrual; a § 1983 claim accrues when the plaintiff knows or has reason to know of the injury that forms the basis of the action). Because the claims were properly dismissed as barred by the statute of limitations, we do not reach any other issues. Weems’s contention regarding the denial of leave to amend is unpersuasive. AFFIRMED. 2 12-35840
Document Info
Docket Number: 12-35840
Citation Numbers: 569 F. App'x 494
Judges: Graber, Ikuta, Tashima
Filed Date: 4/14/2014
Precedential Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 8/31/2023