United States Ninth Circuit

In a wire fraud and money laundering case, interlocutory appeal of denial of a motion to dismiss is denied for lack of res judicata or collateral estoppel where the government did not assume control of prior civil litigation so was not in privity with plaintiffs from the prior litigation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/12/2008
• Decided 09/24/2008
• Published 09/24/2008

Judges

• McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:, Before:  EUGENE E. SILER, JR.,M. MARGARET McKEOWN, and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Stanley G. Hilton, Esq., Law Offices of Stanley G. Hilton, San Francisco, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Joseph P. Russoniello, United States Attorney, Hartley M.K. West, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Barbara J. Valliere, Chief, Appellate Section, San Francisco, CA, Stephen G. Corrigan, Assistant United States Attorney, Oakland, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.