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Charles PODARAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF MENLO PARK; Brian Donnellan, Deputy District Attorney; Burke Bruttig, Officer, Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 10-15200.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted April 12, 2011.
    
    Filed April 21, 2011.
    Lisa Christine McCurdy, Bruce A. Wag-man, Schiff Hardin LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    Nicolas Arthur Flegel, Jorgenson, Siegel, McClure & Flegel, LLP, Menlo Park, CA, David Abraham Silberman, Esquire, Deputy County Counsel, Redwood City, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Before: FERNANDEZ and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and WELLS, Senior District Judge.
    
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
    
      
       The Honorable Lesley Wells, Senior District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, sitting by designation.
    
   MEMORANDUM

Charles Podaras appeals the district court’s dismissal of his Section 1983 civil rights claim. Podaras contends that the district court erred when it dismissed his claim as time barred.

Because Section 1983 does not provide a limitations period, federal courts look to the forum state’s statute of limitations for personal injury torts. Wilson v. Garcia, 471 U.S. 261, 276, 105 S.Ct. 1938, 85 L.Ed.2d 254 (1985); Owens v. Okure, 488 U.S. 235, 249-50, 109 S.Ct. 573, 102 L.Ed.2d 594 (1989). In this instance, the applicable statute of limitations is two years. Cal.Civ.Proc.Code section 335.1; Maldonado v. Harris, 370 F.3d 945, 954 (9th Cir.2004). Podaras filed too late.

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.