Bank of Lake Tahoe v. Bank of America

MEMORANDUM**

Appellants Joseph Bourdeau (“Bour-deau”) and Bank of Lake Tahoe (“BLT”) appeal three final orders of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. We address here only the orders granting summary judgment to Bank of *311America and awarding attorney’s fees to Bank of America,1 and we affirm.

I

We look to Nevada law to determine whether claim preclusion is appropriate. See Clements v. Airport Auth. of Washoe County, 69 F.3d 321, 328 (9th Cir.1995). Under Nevada law, claim preclusion will apply where there is a valid final judgment on merits of a claim; the judgment…