Case Name: Ramon Luis RODRIGUEZ, Appellant v. Commonwealth of PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia; City of Philadelphia; Kelly Rindone and Parent; Tabitha K. Castle
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-12-17
Citations: 258 F. App'x 455
Docket Number: No. 07-4295
Parties: Ramon Luis RODRIGUEZ, Appellant v. Commonwealth of PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia; City of Philadelphia; Kelly Rindone and Parent; Tabitha K. Castle.
Judges: Before: SLOVITER, FISHER AND HARDIMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 258
Pages: 455–456

Head Matter:
Ramon Luis RODRIGUEZ, Appellant v. Commonwealth of PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia; City of Philadelphia; Kelly Rindone and Parent; Tabitha K. Castle.
No. 07-4295.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted for Possible Dismissal Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) or Summary Action Under Third Circuit L.A.R. 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6 Dec. 13, 2007.
Filed: Dec. 17, 2007.
Ramon L. Rodriguez, Philadelphia, PA, pro se.
Before: SLOVITER, FISHER AND HARDIMAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from the District Court's dismissal of Ramon Rodriguez's complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e). For the following reasons, we will summarily affirm. See 3rd Cir. L.A.R. 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6.
In August, 2007 Ramon Luis Rodriguez filed a document in the District Court which suggested that he was asserting violations of his constitutional rights by Phila delphia police officers. The District Court granted Rodriguez the opportunity to file an amended complaint. In response, Rodriguez filed a rambling document entitled "Amend of Complaint", in which he seems to allege violations of his constitutional rights between May 2003 and February 2004 arising from his state arrest, prosecution and conviction. Rodriguez also seems to take issue with a civil proceeding that occurred in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in 2005. The District Court dismissed the action for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B).
We agree with the District Court that Rodriguez has failed to state a valid claim. Even under the most liberal construction of his pleadings, Rodriguez's civil rights claims relating to his arrest and conviction would be barred by the statute of limitations. See 42 Pa. Const. Stat. Ann. § 5524(1). (establishing a two-year statute of limitations for "any action for assault, battery, false imprisonment, false arrest, malicious prosecution or malicious abuse of process."); see also Garvin v. City of Philadelphia, 354 F.3d 215, 219 (3d Cir.2003) (section 1983 actions are governed by the statute of limitations of the state in which the cause of action accrued). Further, we agree with the District Court that Rodriguez has made no cognizable claim relating to his 2005 civil lawsuit.
Accordingly, because this appeal presents us with no substantial question, we will summarily affirm the District Court's order. See 3rd Cir. L.A.R. 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6.