The following excerpt is from Lucchesi v. Bar-O Boys Ranch, 353 F.3d 691 (9th Cir. 2003):
are ineligible for equitable tolling because their state claim and federal claim are founded on different laws, entail different procedures, or involve different remedies. Because the two claims are predicated upon the same wrong, the plaintiffs will be entitled to equitable tolling if they can satisfy California's three-pronged test. See, e.g., Azer v. Connell, 306 F.3d 930 (9th Cir.2002) (holding that plaintiff's state court action resulted in equitable tolling of the limitations period governing plaintiff's section 1983 action arising from the same events).
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