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ROSE v. RINALDI

No. 79-4493.

654 F.2d 546 (1981)

Rex Milton ROSE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph C. RINALDI, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 1, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex M. Rose, on briefs, pro se.

Roger A. Gerdes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Seattle, Wash., on briefs, for defendant-appellee.

Before HUG and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges, and ORRICK, District Judge.

HUG, Circuit Judge:

Rex Rose appeals from a district court order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action as time-barred by the State of Washington's two-year statute of limitations. He argues that the district court applied the wrong limitations statute to his Section 1983 action. We agree, and accordingly, we reverse the order of the district court.

Rose was stabbed by William Tatsumi on February 19, 1975, while both were participants in...

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