James Piatt v. Ellis MacDougall

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1985-10-08

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GOODWIN, Circuit Judge. James Piatt, a prisoner at Florence, Arizona, appeals from a judgment dismissing, on the grounds of res judicata, his claims for wages for work performed at an Arizona prison. The district court gave a prior state court judgment preclusive effect even though some of Piatt’s federal claims under <span c…

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