U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2011

James Parks v. Tulalip Resort Casino

James Parks v. Tulalip Resort Casino
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided October 13, 2011 · Silverman, Fletcher, Murguia
453 F. App'x 757

James Parks v. Tulalip Resort Casino

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

James C. Parks appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his employment discrimination action. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Carson Harbor Vill., Ltd. v. City of Carson, 353 F.3d 824, 826 (9th Cir. 2004). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Parks’s action based on the doctrine of collateral estoppel because Parks was barred from relitigating the issue of sovereign immunity after it had been adjudicated in a previous dispute between these same parties. See Hydranautics v. Film-Tec Corp., 204 F.3d 880, 885 (9th Cir. 2000) (outlining requirements for application of collateral estoppel).

Parks’s remaining contentions are unpersuasive.

AFFIRMED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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