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finding that district court properly dismissed action without leave to amend because it was clear from the face of the complaint that the claims were time-barred
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No. 08-35812.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).
Filed October 29, 2010.
Rickey Calhoun, Steilacoom, WA, pro se.
D. Thomas Wendel, Assistant Attorney General, AGWA-Office of the Washington Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. James L. Robart, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. 2:07-cv-01759-JLR.
Before: O'SCANNLAIN, TALLMAN, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Rickey Calhoun appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his civil rights action against the Washington State Department of Corrections. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Cholla Ready Mix, Inc. v. Civish, 382 F.3d 969, 973 (9th Cir. 2004). We may affirm on any ground supported by the record. Forest Guardians v. U.S. Forest Serv., 329 F.3d 1089, 1097 (9th Cir. 2003). We affirm.
The district court correctly concluded that Calhoun's claims under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985 and 1986 are barred by the Eleventh Amendment. See Cerrato v. San Francisco Comty. Coll. Dist., 26 F.3d 968, 972, 975 (9th Cir. 1994) (claims brought against state entity under §§ 1983, 1985 and 1986 were barred by Eleventh Amendment).
The district court properly dismissed the action without leave to amend because it is clear from the face of Calhoun's complaint that his claims are time-barred; his complaint cannot be cured by amendment. See Thinket Ink Info. Res., Inc. v. Sun Microsystems, Inc., 368 F.3d 1053, 1060-61 (9th Cir. 2004); Cato v. United States, 70 F.3d 1103, 1106 (9th Cir. 1995); Bagley v. CMC Real Estate Corp., 923 F.2d 758, 760 (9th Cir. 1991) ("appropriate statute of limitations in § 1983 action is the three-year limitation of Wash. Rev. Code § 4.16.080(2)"). The district court also properly dismissed Calhoun's state law claim. See Cholla Ready Mix, Inc., 382 F.3d at 973-74 (Eleventh Amendment bars suits in federal court against states on the basis of violations of state law); McCarthy v. Mayo, 827 F.2d 1310, 1317 (9th Cir. 1987) (district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing state claims with prejudice where the propriety of pendent state claims turned on the same facts as dismissed federal claims).
Calhoun's remaining contention that the District Court erred when it ignored his allegations of conspiracy and collusion is unpersuasive.