922 F.2d 844
Unpublished Disposition
NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.
Robert Carl EVENSTAD, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT, and one unknown
Officer John Doe, in his official capacity and
individual capacity, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 89-16144.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 14, 1990.*
Decided Jan. 8, 1991.
Before ALDISERT**, KOZINSKI and THOMAS G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.
MEMORANDUM***
Evenstad's complaint was not timely unless placed in the possession of the court clerk by February 15, 1990. Cintron v. Union Pacific, 813 F.2d 917, 920 (9th Cir.1987). Evenstad's complaint arrived at the clerk's office with a cover letter that was stamped "received" on February 16, 1990, one day late. C.R. 2, at 5.
Evenstad argues that his complaint should have been deemed filed when placed in the U.S. mail under the doctrine of Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 270 (1988). Even if the Houston exception were available to toll the statute of limitations for a section 1983 complaint, the exception only applies if the complaint is delivered to prison authorities for mailing; it does not apply when a prisoner places the notice in a regular mailbox. Miller v. Sumner, No. 88-1798, slip op. 14817, 14821-22 (9th Cir. Dec. 4, 1990). Evenstad placed his complaint in a regular U.S. mailbox at Leavenworth. Brief of Appellant at 1. Evenstad has shown no circumstances that would justify equitable tolling in his case.
AFFIRMED.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed.R.App.P. 34(a); Circuit Rule 34-4
The Honorable Ruggero J. Aldisert, Senior Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, sitting by designation
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir.R. 36-3