Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

Statute of Limitations on claims against a private person [such as false report or slander] would be no more than two years from incident. Claims against any govt agency or employee would be no more than 6 - 12 months from the arrest. His arrest was made only as a result of a police report made by the neighbor, which was reviewed and approved by both the police and the DA for filing of criminal charges in court, and a warrant was issued by the court after review of the filing. All those people believed from the facts stated that a crime had been committed, and that they could convict on those facts. You don't know what those facts are unless you obtain a copy of the police report and the Complaint filed in court. The latest DA simply made a decision not to prosecute when reviewing the case recently Passage of time had some impact on that decision. There appears to be no valid basis for any action, other than a potential to get that record 'sealed' through proper motion to the court.

The time for him to do anything to the county has run. A claim must be presented to a public entity within 6 months of the injury or "incident" in jail, and the fact that charges were pending does not toll the time to file a claim.