FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge, dissenting in part. I respectfully dissent from the court’s decision to modify the judgment from one declining jurisdiction to dismissal on the merits, based on claim preclusion. I would affirm the district court’s judgment without modification, dismissing for lack of jurisdiction. My analysis differs from that of my colleagues in two ways. First, it seems c…
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