California Court of Appeal

42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim is barred by California's one-year statute of limitations applicable to personal injury claims, and is not subject to equitable tolling; where complaint alleges that defendants made mistakes in performing duties imposed upon them by state law, immunity under Government Code section 821.6 is proper.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/01/2002
• Published 05/23/2002

Judges

• MALLANO, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Cole & Loeterman and Dana M. Cole, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Jim Schiavenza, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Joel Davis, Marsha Miller and Richard Rojo, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General, and Vladimir Shalkevich, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendants and Respondents.