Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Cooley
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 7, 2009No. 07-55806PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM **
California prisoner Raymond D. Jackson, Sr. appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that defendants violated his constitutional rights by refusing to search for and provide potentially exculpatory DNA evidence. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Kirtley v. Rainey, 326 F.3d 1088, 1092 (9th Cir.2003). We affirm.
The district court properly determined that California issue preclusion law barred Jackson’s federal claim. Jackson sought to relitigate an issue that was identical to one previously…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District v. OsborneSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Lucido v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
- San Remo Hotel, L. P. v. City & County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Kirtley v. RaineyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- San Remo Hotel L.P. v. San Francisco City & CountyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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