Legal Opinion
Douglas Miller v. County of Santa Cruz
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 27, 1994No. 18-35421PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEEZER, Circuit Judge:
Douglas Miller appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the County of Santa Cruz and the individually named defendants. The district court concluded that the doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel barred Miller’s federal suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 because he failed to seek review of the adverse decision of the Santa Cruz County Civil Service Commission. 796 F.Supp. 1316. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
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Miller was employed by the Santa Cruz County Sheriffs Department from December 1980 until February 1988. He…
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