PERCY v. SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSP.

No. 87-1849.

841 F.2d 975 (1988)

James Lee PERCY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL; City and County of San Francisco, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Herrmann, Steinhart & Falconer, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Gerard J. Donnellan, Deputy City Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before ANDERSON, NOONAN, Jr. and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

James Lee Percy appeals from the district court's dismissal of his claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against San Francisco General Hospital and the City and County of San Francisco (collectively referred to as "City"). Percy stated his section 1983 claim in a first amended complaint filed after the statute of limitations had run. The district court determined that the 1983 claim did not "relate back" to the date Percy filed his original...

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