McCOY v. SAN FRANCISCO, CITY & COUNTY

No. 92-16319.

14 F.3d 28 (1994)

Frank McCOY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAN FRANCISCO, CITY & COUNTY, a Municipal Corp., et al., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Lassart & Gail Y. Norton, Ropers, Majeski, Kohn, Bentley, Wagner & Kane, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiff-appellant.

Barron L. Weinstein, Chief of Complex Litigation; and Geoffrey Gordon-Creed, Deputy City Atty., San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellee.

Before: SKOPIL, THOMPSON, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.


SKOPIL, Circuit Judge:

Frank McCoy appeals the district court's dismissal of his civil rights action, contending that the court erred by holding that the action was time barred. We agree, and reverse and remand for further proceedings. We decline to affirm on the alternative grounds raised by appellees.

I.

McCoy, a San Francisco Police Homicide Inspector, brought this civil rights action against the city and county of San Francisco, the police chief...

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