Addison v. State of California

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• holding that equitable tolling only applies “occasionally and in special situations”
• holding a statute of limitations for 1 filing suit may be tolled while plaintiff pursues the claim in another forum
• applying California 28 state law on equitable tolling to a federal claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
• setting forth equitable tolling principles using as examples only cases in which first action was dismissed for some reason
• noting that plaintiffs “promptly” filed their second action
• filing of a federal district court action equitably tolled the 17 running of the six-month statute of limitations within which to bring suit against the 18 public entity in state court for same injuries

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).