Opinion
No. 05-35848.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).
Filed February 28, 2007.
Ray Messmer, Steilacoom, WA, pro se.
Amanda Migchelbrink, Esq., Attorney General's Office Criminal Justice Division, Olympia, WA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Ronald B. Leighton, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-04-05771-RBL.
Before: BEEZER, FERNANDEZ, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Ray Messmer, a former Washington state prisoner, now detained for civil commitment as a sexually violent predator, appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing as untimely his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that he was unlawfully incarcerated past his earned early release date because he is a sex offender. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal based on the statute of limitations, Mann v. American Airlines, 324 F.3d 1088, 1090 (9th Cir. 2003), and we affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Messmer's action because Messmer filed his complaint over seven years after the statute of limitations began to run. See Rose v. Rinaldi 654 F.2d 546, 547 (1981) (the statute of limitations for filing a civil rights action is three years in Washington state).
To the extent Messmer contends in his one-page opening brief that equitable tolling should apply, we decline to consider issues raised for the first time on appeal. See Barcamerica Int'l USA Trust v. Tyfield Imps., Inc., 289 F.3d 589, 595 n. 6 (9th Cir. 2002).