Michael Neshewat v. Maurice J. Salem

OPINION

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Michael J. Neshewat appeals the district court’s dismissal of his diversity tort suit under principles of collateral estoppel. The plaintiff challenges the district court’s holding that his participation in a pretrial diversion program precluded him from pursuing a claim of injurious falsehood against defendant Maurice Salem predicated upon the defendant’s statements to police and at a preliminary examination. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we AFFIRM the district court’s dismissal of plaintiffs suit, but on different grounds. We do not reach…