REISCHEL v. US BANK, 2006 WI App 56

290 Wis.2d 510, 712 N.W.2d 86

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District I.
No. 2004AP2554.
Opinion Filed: February 7, 2006.

APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee County: DENNIS P. MORONEY, Judge. Affirmed.

Before Fine, Curley and Kessler, JJ.

¶ 1 PER CURIAM.

Benedict J. Reischel, pro se, appeals from the judgment dismissing his complaint as untimely. The issue on appeal is whether the circuit court properly determined that Reischel’s claims were barred by the statute of limitations. We affirm.

¶ 2 Reischel filed an action against U.S. Bank on February 9, 2004, and U.S. Bank filed a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. Reischel than filed an amended complaint on April 29, 2004. The amended complaint appears to allege a claim for fraud or conspiracy to commit fraud.[1] U.S. Bank once again moved to dismiss for failure to state a claim and because the action was barred under the statute of limitations.

¶ 3 The statute of limitations for fraud is six years from the date the aggrieved party discovers the facts that constitute the fraud. WIS. STAT. § 893.93(1)(b) (2003-04). In his complaint, Reischel asserts that the acts that constituted the fraud occurred between May 1996 and May 1997. He filed his original complaint in February 2004, more than six years after these acts. During the hearing on the motion to dismiss, the circuit court asked Reischel why he had not started the action sooner. Reischel replied that he was too busy at the time. We agree with the circuit court that Reischel’s claims are barred by the statute of limitations. Consequently, we affirm the judgment of the circuit court.

By the Court. — Judgment affirmed.