Navarro v. Block

Holding that dismissal is proper where there is "an absence of sufficient facts alleged to support a cognizable legal theory"

Von Saher v. Norton Simon Museum of Art

Holding that a court may take judicial notice of publications to establish what was in the public realm at the time

Supermail Cargo, Inc. v. U.S.

Holding that a "complaint cannot be dismissed unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts that would establish the timeliness of the claim"

Butler v. Nat'l Cmty. Renaissance of Cal.

Holding federal courts apply the forum state's statute of limitations and state laws for personal injury actions and tolling, to the extent they are consistent with federal law

Canatella v. Van De Kamp

Holding that the defendant posting the defendant's "disciplinary record in a different section of the same website did not give rise to a new cause of action"

Lauter v. Anoufrieva

Holding that the “plaintiff's alleged deprivation of his constitutional rights to file suit and to due process of law are ... personal in nature” and cannot provide the requisite injury to bring a RICO suit

Hayes v. Woodford

Holding plaintiff has no access to the courts claim where plaintiff did not explain how insufficient resources actually affected filing

Thompson v. City of Shasta Lake

Dismissing time-barred false arrest and selective enforcement claims as time-barred and concluding that the continuing violation doctrine did not apply

Quisenberry v. Compass Vision, Inc.

Noting that in cases of inaccurate reporting, "[e]mployees can lose their jobs, and job applicants can miss out on an opportunity to be considered for a new position or a well-deserved promotion."

Villalvaso v. Odwalla, Inc.

Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Rule 4 - Summons

Holding that if defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on a motion, or on its own following notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made by a certain time

Section 335.1 - Assault, battery or injury or death caused by wrongful act or negligence

Imposing two-year statute of limitations for personal injury claims

Section 340 - Penalty or forfeiture; libel, slander, false imprisonment, seduction, payment on forged check, neglect of animal; officer seizing property; good faith improver

Providing a one-year statute of limitations for personal injury claims arising prior to January 1, 2003