Sharon Denise Gray, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Vons Companies, Inc., Defendant-appellee, 70 F.3d 1278 (9th Cir. 1995)

MEMORANDUM^** 

Sharon Gray appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of her 42 U.S.C. 1981 race discrimination action against her former employer, Vons Companies, as barred by the statute of limitations. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm.

California's one-year statute of limitations for personal injury actions governs claims brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Taylor v. Regents of the University of California, 993 F.2d 710, 711 (9th Cir. 1993). Gray's cause of action accrued in July 1993, when Vons terminated her employment due to an altercation at work with another employee, but her civil rights complaint was not filed until October 27, 1994. See Clive v. Brusett, 661 F.2d 198, 110 (9th Cir. 1981) (cause of action accrues when party knows or should have known of injury which was basis for claim). Therefore, the district court properly concluded Gray's action was time-barred.

AFFIRMED.