The following excerpt is from Knox v. City of Fresno, Corp., Case No. 1:14-cv-00799-GSA (E.D. Cal. 2015):
1. The statute of limitations does not apply to federal claims. Silva v. Crain, 169 F.3d 608, 610 (9th Cir. 1999) ("state notice of claim statutes have no applicability to 1983 actions").
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