Harold Hall v. Mark Arneson

MEMORANDUM

Plaintiff Harold C. Hall appeals the’ summary judgment entered in favor of Defendants Mark Arneson and Kenneth Crocker. Reviewing de novo, Ford v. City of Yakima, 706 F.3d 1188, 1192 (9th Cir.2013) (per curiam), we affirm.

Hall’s claim that his confession was coerced is barred by the doctrine of issue preclusion. The state trial court reached its decision in Hall’s criminal case — finding that his confession was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary — after a full and fair process that involved a hearing, arguments, and a reasoned explanation of the answer. After Hall was convicted, he appealed to the California Supreme Court, which affirmed his judgment of conviction and thereby rejected the argument that his confession was coerced. This court later ordered that a writ of habeas corpus be granted, Hall v. Dir. of Corr. (Hall I), 343 F.3d 976, 985 (9th Cir.2003) (per cu-riam), but on a completely different issue; no subsequent proceedings have concluded either that the trial court’s voluntary-confession decision was erroneous or that the court making the decision lacked jurisdiction or acted in some other fundamentally invalid way, see Hall v. City of Los Angeles (Hall…