2012-06-29_Scott_Andrews_Claudia_Rohr_v_County_of_Hawaii_Order_Granting_Defendants'_Motion_to_Dismiss

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Case 1:10-cv-00749-DAE-KSC Document 78 Filed 06/29/12 Page 12 of 31 PagelD #: 598 litigant is not excused from knowing the most basic pleading requirements." American Ass'n of Naturopathic Physicians v. Hayhurst, 227 F.3d 1104, 1107-08 (9th Cir. 2000) (citations omitted). Moreover, "[p]ro se litigants must follow the same rules of procedure that govern other litigants." King v. Atjyeh, 814 F.2d 565, 567 (9th Cir. 1987). L Statute of Limitations "`For actions under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . . . courts apply the forum state's statute of limitations."' Canatella v. Van De Kamp, 486 F.3d 1128, 1132 (9th Cir. 2007) (quoting Jones v. Blanas, 393 F.3d 918, 927 (9th Cir. 2004)); see also Fink v. Shelder, 192 F.3d 911, 914 (9th Cir. 1999) (same). Although state law determines the statute of limitations, federal law determines when the cause of action accrues. Pesnell, 543 F.3d at 1043 (citing Papa, 2831 F.3d at 1009); see also Cederquist, 235 F.3d at 1156. In the Ninth Circuit, "a claim accrues under federal law when the plaintiff knows or has reason to know of the actual injury." Lukovsky v. San Francisco, 535 F.3d 1044, 1051 (9th Cir. 2008) (citing Inlandboatmens Union of Pac. v. Dutra Group, 279 F.3d 1075, 1081 (9th Cir. 2002)); cf. Wallace v. Kato, 549 U.S. 384, 384 (2007) ("[T]he accrual date of a § 1983 cause of action is a question of federal law that is not resolved by reference to state law."). However, tolling provisions for § 1983 claims are borrowed from 12