Pipes, 398 F.Supp.2d 1126, 1133 (D.Or.2004). “[A] cause of action for defamation accrues immediately upon the occurrence of the tortious act and, thus, is not appropriate for the continuing violation exception.” Flowers v. Carville, 310 F.3d 1118, 1126 (9th Cir.2002) (quoting Lettis v. U.S. Postal Serv., 39 F.Supp.2d 181, 205 (E.D.N.Y.1998)). Even if the Court assumes arguendo that plaintiffs allegations are true, the repeated statements do not amount to a continuing tort. “[R]epeated defamations do not constitute a continuing tort; rather, as courts have uniformly recognized, each separate defamatory statement itself constitutes a separate and distinct cause of action.” Lewis v. Gupta, 54 F.Supp.2d 611, 616 (E.D.Va.1999); see also Celli v. Shoell, 995 F.Supp. 1337, 1345 (D.Utah 1998) (<HOLDING>). 2. Defamation of Plaintiff to Antonio Bryant
recognizing the cause of action holding that garnishment is a distinct civil action recognizing cause of action holding that a cause of action for defamation accrues on the date the defamatory material is published to a third party holding that each alleged defamatory statement constitutes a distinct cause of action