Opinion
Case: 1:16-cv-00034
01-08-2016
GERALDINE TALLEY HOBBY, Plaintiff, v. GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Defendants.
Jury Demand
Assigned To : Unassigned
Assign. Date : 1/8/2016
Description: Pro Se Gen. Civil (F Deck) MEMORANDUM OPINION
This matter comes before the Court upon review of plaintiff's application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and pro se complaint. The application will be granted but the complaint will be dismissed.
"[U]nder res judicata, 'a final judgment on the merits of an action precludes the parties or their privies from relitigating issues that were or could have been raised in that action.'" Drake v. FAA, 291 F.3d 59, 66 (D.C. Cir. 2002) (citing Allen v. McCurry, 449 U.S. 90, 94 (1980)) (emphasis omitted). The plaintiff's claims arise from her former employment with the District of Columbia's public school system and her allegedly unlawful termination in 1995. Because these claims were brought or could have been brought in plaintiff's prior lawsuits, see, e.g., Hobby v. District of Columbia Gov't, No. 10-1954, 2010 WL 4723419 (D.D.C. Nov. 16, 2010); Hobby v. District of Columbia, No. 07-1061, 2007 WL 4233627 (D.D.C. Nov. 27, 2007), the claims are now barred. An Order is issued separately. DATE: 1/8/2016
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United States District Judge