Rickey Calhoun v. Department of Corrections;

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent*
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision**
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RICKEY CALHOUN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; et
al.,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 08-35812
D.C. No. 2:07-cv-01759-JLR
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Washington
James L. Robart, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted October 19, 2010 **
Before: O’SCANNLAIN, TALLMAN, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Rickey Calhoun appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing
his civil rights action against the Washington State Department of Corrections. We
have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Cholla Ready Mix,
FILED
OCT 29 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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Inc. v. Civish, 382 F.3d 969, 973 (9th Cir. 2004). We may affirm on any ground
supported by the record. Forest Guardians v. U.S. Forest Serv., 329 F.3d 1089,
1097 (9th Cir. 2003). We affirm.
The district court correctly concluded that Calhoun’s claims under 42 U.S.C.
§§ 1983, 1985 and 1986 are barred by the Eleventh Amendment. See Cerrato v.
San Francisco Comty. Coll. Dist., 26 F.3d 968, 972, 975 (9th Cir. 1994) (claims
brought against state entity under §§ 1983, 1985 and 1986 were barred by Eleventh
Amendment).
The district court properly dismissed the action without leave to amend
because it is clear from the face of Calhoun’s complaint that his claims are time-
barred; his complaint cannot be cured by amendment. See Thinket Ink Info. Res.,
Inc. v. Sun Microsystems, Inc., 368 F.3d 1053, 1060-61 (9th Cir. 2004); Cato v.
United States, 70 F.3d 1103, 1106 (9th Cir. 1995); Bagley v. CMC Real Estate
Corp., 923 F.2d 758, 760 (9th Cir. 1991) (“appropriate statute of limitations in
§ 1983 action is the three-year limitation of Wash. Rev. Code § 4.16.080(2)”). The
district court also properly dismissed Calhoun’s state law claim. See Cholla Ready
Mix, Inc., 382 F.3d at 973-74 (Eleventh Amendment bars suits in federal court
against states on the basis of violations of state law); McCarthy v. Mayo, 827 F.2d
1310, 1317 (9th Cir. 1987) (district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing

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state claims with prejudice where the propriety of pendent state claims turned on
the same facts as dismissed federal claims).
Calhoun’s remaining contention that the District Court erred when it ignored
his allegations of conspiracy and collusion is unpersuasive.
AFFIRMED.

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