Thomas Dowd v. The Society of St. Columbans

Thomas Dowd, appearing pro se, appeals from the district court’s allowance of appel-lee’s motion for summary judgment. Ap-pellee raised the defense of res judicata, arguing that the issues raised by appellant were previously and finally decided in a prior suit in which the parties were the same or in privity. For the following reasons, we affirm the district court’s decision to allow the motion.

Plaintiff-appellant is a Roman Catholic priest and a resident of Dedham, Massachusetts. His first suit, alleged by defendant-appellee to be a bar to the instant suit, was filed in the district court in…