Is a statute of limitations an affirmative defense, not a pleading requirement?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Foss v. Rowen, No. 2:15-cv-0686 TLN DB P (E.D. Cal. 2017):

"[I]t is well-settled that statutes of limitations are affirmative defenses, not pleading requirements." Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d 1108, 1117-18 (9th Cir. 2003), overruled on other

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