CABRERA v. CITY OF HUNTINGTON PARK

Nos. 96-55268, 97-55431.

159 F.3d 374 (1998)

Jose E. CABRERA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF HUNTINGTON PARK; Frank Sullivan, Chief of Police sued as an individual & in an official capacity; Unknown Sanford, Police Officer; A. Luna, Police Officer; N. Mongan, Police Officer; Unknown Deers, Sergeant, Defendants-Appellees. Jose E. CABRERA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF HUNTINGTON PARK; David Sanford, Police Officer; Antonio Luna; James Fimbres; Robert Valencia; Neal Mongan; William Diers, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Muller, Law Offices of James S. Muller, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiff-appellant.

Steven N. Skolnick, Bonnie Yates, and Jonathan Bailey Lappen, Steven N. Skolnick Law Offices, Santa Monica, California, for defendants-appellees.

Before: KOZINSKI, TROTT and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Jose E. Cabrera appeals the dismissal of his § 1983 action, see 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994), against the City of Huntington Park and several of its police officers (collectively, "Huntington Park").1 The district court held that Cabrera's malicious prosecution claim was barred by res judicata because it constituted the same cause of action as a prior suit and that the rest of his § 1983 claims were...

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