Kivenson v. U.S. Trust Corp. N.A.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit November 16, 2004

Kivenson v. U.S. Trust Corp. N.A., 113 F. App'x 273 (9th Cir. 2004)

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

Gilbert Kivenson and numerous other plaintiffs (collectively Kivenson) appeal the district court’s dismissal of their complaint against Fulbright & Jaworski on the basis of the statute of limitations. We affirm.

We agree with the district court that because Kivenson was not ignorant of the facts necessary to name Fulbright & Jaworski at the time that the complaint was *275filed, he cannot rely upon California’s Doe pleading practice1 to avoid the bar of the statute of limitations. Rather, that knowledge precluded relation back of his claim against Fulbright & Jaworski to the date that his complaint was originally filed. See Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. v. Sparks Constr., Inc., 114 Cal.App.4th 1135, 1143-44, 8 Cal.Rptr.3d 446, 452 (2004); Taito v. Owens Corning, 7 Cal.App.4th 798, 802, 9 Cal.Rptr.2d 687, 689 (1992); Snoke v. Bolen, 235 Cal.App.3d 1427, 1430-32, 1 Cal.Rptr.2d 492, 493-95 (1991); Dover v. Sadowinski, 147 Cal.App.3d 113, 116-18, 194 Cal.Rptr. 866, 867-69 (1983); Lipman v. Rice, 213 Cal.App.2d 474, 480, 28 Cal.Rptr. 800, 804 (1963).

AFFIRMED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

. See Cal.Civ.Proc.Code § 474.

Reference

Full Case Name: In re: HERITAGE BONDS LITIGATION, Gilbert KIVENSON David Sinow Howard Preston Landgon Parrill Ray Stits Barrett Anderson Laurence Pilgeram Scott Mckenry Ralph Allman, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. U.S. TRUST CORPORATION N.A. U.S. Trust Company of Texas N.A. Valuation Counselors, Inc. Valuation Counselors, Inc. Healthcare Financial Solutions Zelenkofske Axelrod & Co., Ltd. O.V. Bertolini Donald B. Chalker Stephen P. Goodman Evan Greenspan Andrew Kornreich, (Deceased), Estate of Cary Medill Emery Rubin, (Estate of) Larry A. Rubin Herbert Saltzman Marshall Wexler Jerold Goldstein Michael Sobelman Tarrant County Health Facilities Development Corporation City of Mexico Beach City of Chicago Desert Hot Springs Public Financing Authority Virgil Lim Clarke Underwood Robert A. Kasirer Debra Kasirer Bistra & Munkacs Holdings Inc. JDDJ Holdings LP Health Care Holdings LLC Carecontinuum LLC Louis Pontarelli William Filippone Leo Dierkman Alan Pollak Geri Ostlund Richard Kuhl James E. Iverson Victor P. Dhooge John M. Clarey James F. Dlugosh Edward J. Hentges Kenneth R. Larsen Jerome E. Tabolich Steven W. Erickson Joel T. Boehm Sabo & Green Atkinson Andelson Loy Ruud & Romo Capital Consulting Group Inc. Berman & Bertolini Inc., a/k/a Berman & Associates Sobelman Cohen & Sullivan LLP Paul R. Ekholm Kenneth E. Dawkins Loya Ruud & Romo Fulbright & Jaworski
Status: Published