Amr Mohsen v. Morgan Stanley & Co Inc , 710 F. App'x 330 ( 2018 )


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  •                            NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        JAN 29 2018
    MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
    U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
    AMR MOHSEN,                                     No. 16-55606
    Plaintiff-Appellant,            D.C. No. 2:13-cv-07358-MWF-AS
    v.
    AMENDED MEMORANDUM*
    MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INC.; et al.,
    Defendants-Appellees.
    Appeal from the United States District Court
    for the Central District of California
    Michael W. Fitzgerald, District Judge, Presiding
    Submitted January 26, 2018**
    San Francisco, California
    Before:      SCHROEDER, TASHIMA, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
    Federal prisoner Amr Mohsen appeals pro se from the district court’s
    judgment dismissing his action alleging Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
    Organizations Act (“RICO”) and state law claims. We have jurisdiction under 
    28 U.S.C. § 1291
    . We review de novo. Hebbe v. Pliler, 
    627 F.3d 338
    , 341 (9th Cir.
    *
    This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
    except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
    **
    The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
    without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    2010) (dismissal based on Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6)); Jones v. Blanas, 
    393 F.3d 918
    ,
    926 (9th Cir. 2004) (dismissal based on the applicable statute of limitations). We
    affirm.
    The district court properly dismissed Mohsen’s RICO claims as time-barred
    because Mohsen failed to allege facts sufficient to show that his RICO claims were
    timely. See Living Designs, Inc. v. E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Co., 
    431 F.3d 353
    ,
    365 (9th Cir. 2005) (four-year statute of limitations period for civil RICO claims
    begins to run when a plaintiff knows or should know of the injury that is the basis
    for the action); Grimmett v. Brown, 
    75 F.3d 506
    , 512-13 (9th Cir. 1996)
    (discussing “separate accrual rule” in the RICO context).
    The district court did not err by taking judicial notice of the complaint
    Mohsen filed in an earlier action or documents filed in Mohsen’s criminal case.
    See Lee v. City of Los Angeles, 
    250 F.3d 668
    , 689 (9th Cir. 2001) (setting forth
    standard of review for district court’s decision to take judicial notice; a court may
    take judicial notice of matters of public record without converting a motion to
    dismiss into a motion for summary judgment)
    Mohsen’s request for oral argument, set forth in his opening brief, is denied.
    Mohsen’s request to reassign this case to a different district court judge, set
    forth in his reply brief, is denied.
    AFFIRMED.
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