United States Ninth Circuit

In a civil rights suit brought by an attorney against the State Bar of California, officers and another attorney, arising from defendant-attorney's citation to a disciplinary summary regarding plaintiff on the Bar's website, dismissal of the action as to the Bar and officers is affirmed where, under California law, the statute of limitations ran on plaintiff's claims before he filed his complaint.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/16/2006
• Decided 05/03/2007
• Published 05/03/2007

Judges

• BYBEE, Circuit Judge., Before:  J. CLIFFORD WALLACE and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges, and DEAN D. PREGERSON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard A. Canatella, Ronald Toran, Cotter & Del Carlo, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• R. Scott Erlewine, Phillips, Erlewine, & Given LLP, San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellees.