Raymond Foss v. Todd Rowen

MEMORANDUM ** California state prisoner Raymond C. Foss appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing as time-barred his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging false arrest and imprisonment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Jones v. Blanas, 393 F.3d 918, 926 (9th Cir. 2004). We affirm. The district court properly dismissed Foss’s action as time-barred because, even with the benefit of statutory tolling and accepting Foss’s argument that his claim accrued in October 2006, Foss failed to file this action within the applicable statute of limitations, and equitable tolling did not apply. See Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 335.1 (two-year statute of limitations for personal injury claims); Jones, 393 F.3d at 927 (§ 1983 claims are governed by the forum state’s statute of limitations for personal injury claims, including state law regarding tolling); Azer v. Connell, 306 F.3d 930, 936 (9th Cir. 2002) (three-pronged test for equitable tolling in California). The district court did not abuse its discretion by not holding an evidentiary hearing. See United States v. Schafer, 625 F.3d 629, 635 (9th Cir. 2010) (denial of eviden-tiary hearing is reviewed for abuse of discretion). The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Foss’s motion for appointment of counsel because Foss did not show exceptional circumstances warranting such an appointment. See Palmer v. Valdez, 560 F.3d 965, 970 (9th Cir. 2009) (setting forth standard of review and explaining the “exceptional circumstances” requirement). We reject as unsupported by the record Foss’s contention that he was prejudiced by defendant raising new issues in the reply brief because Foss was given an opportunity to file a sur-reply brief. AFFIRMED. Footnotes [**] This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.