F I L E D
United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
AUG 6 1998
TENTH CIRCUIT
PATRICK FISHER
Clerk
JOSE MACAIBA CANELL,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
vs. No. 97-3281
(D.C. No. 97-CV-3124-GTV)
KEN McCLAIN, (D. Kan.)
Defendant-Appellee.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT *
Before PORFILIO, KELLY, and HENRY, Circuit Judges. **
Plaintiff-Appellant Jose Macaiba-Canell, appearing pro se and in forma
pauperis, appeals from the district court’s denial of his letter motion for
rehearing, which the court construed as a Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(6) motion. Our
jurisdiction arises under 28 U.S.C. §1291, and we affirm.
We review the district court's denial of a Rule 60(b)(6) motion for abuse of
*
This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the
doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. This court
generally disfavors the citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order
and judgment may be cited under the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3.
**
After examining the briefs and the appellate record, this three-judge
panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not be of material
assistance in the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a); 10th
Cir. R. 34.1.9. The cause is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.
discretion. See Cashner v. Freedom Stores, Inc., 98 F.3d 572, 576 (10th Cir.
1996). In his complaint filed April 9, 1997, Mr. Macaiba-Canell alleges he was
injured by a corrections officer on June 28, 1992. The district court dismissed the
case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii). Mr. Macaiba-Canell’s Bivens
claim is subject to Kansas’s two-year general personal injury statute. See Kan.
Stat. Ann. § 60-513(a)(4) (1994); Industrial Constructors Corp. v. United States
Bureau of Reclamation, 15 F.3d 963, 968 (10th Cir. 1994). The face of the
complaint indicates Mr. Macaiba-Canell’s claim is time-barred, and we cannot say
that the district court abused its discretion in determining that his tolling
arguments were legally insufficient. See Aldrich v. McCulloch Properties, 627
F.2d 1036, 1041 n.4 (10th Cir. 1980).
AFFIRMED.
Entered for the Court
Paul J. Kelly, Jr.
Circuit Judge