United States Ninth Circuit
Furnace v. Guirbino, 13-17620
In a California state prisoner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, alleging that prison officials wrongfully classified him as a gang member in retaliation for filing a previous section 1983 suit against the defendants' colleagues, the District Court's dismissal on preclusion grounds is affirmed where California claim preclusion law governed whether, in light of plaintiff's earlier state habeas petition, the plaintiff's section 1983 claims could be brought in federal court.
Appellate Information
- Decided
- Published 2016/09/29
Judges
- BYBEE
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit