United States Ninth Circuit

Because plaintiffs' state tort claim and 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim were predicated on the same wrong, plaintiffs are not barred from seeking relief from the statute of limitations under the doctrine of equitable tolling.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/05/2003
• Decided 12/22/2003
• Published 12/22/2003

Judges

• DAVID R. THOMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge., Before THOMPSON and TROTT, Circuit Judges, and WEINER, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ellen Lake, Oakland, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• John M. Vrieze,Mitchell, Brisso, Delaney & Vrieze, Eureka, CA, for the defendants-appellees.