Opinion
No. 07-15233.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).
Filed January 21, 2011.
Clement Brown, San Quentin, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Jeffrey S. White, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. 3:06-CV-02247-JSW.
Before: BEEZER, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
California state prisoner Clement Brown appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging due process violations concerning his parole suitability hearing in 2006. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000), and may affirm on any grounds supported by the record, Tahoe-Sierra Pres. Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Reg'l Planning Agency, 322 F.3d 1064, 1076-77 (9th Cir. 2003). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Brown's section 1983 action because he is barred from relitigating the same due process claim previously decided on the merits in his federal habeas petition challenging the denial of parole in 2004 — that the Board of Prison Terms arbitrarily and capriciously relied solely or improperly on the egregious nature of Brown's commitment offense. See Hawkins v. Risley, 984 F.2d 321, 324-25 (9th Cir. 1993) (per curiam) (plaintiff was precluded from relitigating under section 1983 the claims that had been litigated and decided on the merits in his prior federal habeas case); accord Hydranautics v. FilmTec Corp., 204 F.3d 880, 885 (9th Cir. 2000) (outlining requirements for application of collateral estoppel or issue preclusion doctrine).
We decline to consider Brown's remaining contentions.