ESPINOSA v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. A039154.

202 Cal.App.3d 409 (1988)

248 Cal. Rptr. 375

SALVADOR ESPINOSA, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Respondent; CITY OF PITTSBURG et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

June 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Gene Cain and Cain & Cain for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Sellar, Hazard, Snyder, Kelly & Fitzgerald, James V. Fitzgerald, Stephanie Gray, Gibbons, Lees, Schaefer & Edrington and Dolores M. Donohoe for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

CHANNELL, J.

Petitioner Salvador Espinosa's 1987 amendment to his 1984 complaint added an allegation that the City of Pittsburg, the real party in interest in this action, violated his federal civil rights. Respondent court sustained a demurrer to this amendment without leave to amend on the ground that the statute of limitations had run. Espinosa applied to this court for a writ of mandate. We find that the superior court...

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