Alameda Books, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles

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• applying the California statute of 11 limitations to a § 1983 claim
• “The 9 statute of limitations applicable to an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is the personal injury 10 statute of limitations of the state in which the cause of action arose.”
• “The statute of limitations applicable to an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 14 1983 is the personal injury statute of limitations of the state in which the cause of action 15 arose.”
• although the 22 accrual date of a claim is governed by federal law, the statute of limitations to bring a § 1983 23 claim is based on the forum state’s statute of limitations for personal injury actions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).