Legal Opinion
Jerry Burton v. R. Harris
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 26, 2017No. 15-56506UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM **
California state prisoner Jerry A. Burton appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging due process violations relating to his gang validation and placement in the secured housing unit (“SHU”) for an indefinite term. We review de novo a dismissal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) on the basis of claim preclusion. Holcombe v. Hosmer, 477 F.3d 1094, 1097 (9th Cir. 2007). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Burton’s action as barred by the doctrine of claim preclusion because the parties or their privies have already…
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