Griffin v. Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P.

MEMORANDUM

Nina S. Griffin appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing her diversity action arising out of foreclosure proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo. Hebbe v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, 341 (9th Cir.2010) (dismissal under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6)); Stewart v. U.S. Bancorp, 297 F.3d 953, 956 (9th Cir.2002) (dismissal on basis of res judicata). We may affirm on any basis supported by the record. Hartmann v. Cal. Dep’t of Corr. & Rehab., 707 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir.2013). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed all of Griffin’s causes of action other than her abuse of process claim as barred by the doctrine of res judicata because Griffin raised or could have raised these claims in her prior federal and state court actions that were brought against the same defendants and adjudicated on the merits. See Stewart, 297 F.3d at 956 (setting forth elements of federal claim preclusion doctrine and explaining that cláim preclusion “prohibits lawsuits on any claims that were raised or could have been raised in a prior action” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); Five Star Capital Corp. v. Ruby, 124 Nev. 1048 ,…