Chang v. Sonoma County
Chang v. Sonoma County
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
Marina Chang and Craig S. Harrison appeal a magistrate judge’s grant of summary judgment upon their claims of constitutional rights violations. The facts are known to the parties, and we recite them here only as necessary. The magistrate judge correctly ruled that Appellants’ claims fell under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and were therefore barred by California’s one-year statute of limitations. Accordingly, we affirm.
Appellants claim the Bennett Valley Design Review Committee, acting under the authority of Sonoma County, California, violated their constitutional rights of equal protection, procedural due process, the Fourteenth Amendment right to travel, Article IV privileges and immunities, and their right to be free from racial discrimination. These claims are necessarily brought under § 1983,
In land use cases such as this, claims for damages under § 1983 do “not accrue until the relevant governmental authorities have made a final decision on the fate of the property.”
Appellants have not demonstrated a concrete likelihood of a future deprivation of rights.
AFFIRMED.
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. See Oliver v. Keller, 289 F.3d 623, 626 (9th Cir. 2002) (stating that this court reviews a grant of summary judgment de novó).
. See Baker v. McCollan, 443 U.S. 137, 145 n. 3, 99 S.Ct. 2689, 61 L.Ed.2d 433 (1979) (stating that 42 U.S.C. § 1983 provides individuals a method for vindicating violations of constitutional rights).
. Wilson v. Garcia, 471 U.S. 261, 265-66, 105 S.Ct. 1938, 85 L.Ed.2d 254 (1985).
. Daviton v. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp., 241 F.3d 1131, 1135 (9th Cir. 2001) (en banc).
. Norco Constr., Inc. v. King County, 801 F.2d 1143, 1146 (9th Cir. 1986).
. See Partington v. Gedan, 961 F.2d 852, 862 (9th Cir. 1992).
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