California · Government Code

GOV §950.6: When a written claim for money or damages for injury has been presented to the employing public entity: (a) A cause of action for such injury may not be maintained against the public employee or forme

Civil

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A lawsuit against a public employee for injury cannot proceed until a written claim is presented to and rejected by the employing public entity, and must be filed within the timeframe set for claims against the entity itself.

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When a written claim for money or damages for injury has been presented to the employing public entity: (a) A cause of action for such injury may not be maintained against the public employee or former public employee whose act or omission caused such injury until the claim has been rejected, or has been deemed to have been rejected, in whole or in part by the public entity. (b) A suit against the public employee or former public employee for such injury must be commenced within the time prescribed by Section 945.6 for bringing an action against the public entity. (c) When a person is unable to commence the suit within the time prescribed in subdivision (b) because he has been sentenced to imprisonment in a state prison, the time limited for the commencement of such suit is extended to six months after the date that the civil right to commence such action is restored to such person, except that the time shall not be extended if the public employee or former public employee establishes that the plaintiff failed to make a reasonable effort to commence the suit, or to obtain a restoration of his civil right to do so, before the expiration of the time prescribed in subdivision (b).

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