Lyralisa Stevens v. Singh Vimal
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Lyralisa Lavena Stevens, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging violations of the Eighth Amendment,. the California constitution, and California law based on prison officials’ failure to approve Stevens’s request for sex-reassignment surgery. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Mpoyo v. Litton Electro-Optical Sys., 430 F.3d 985, 987 (9th Cir.2005), and we affirm.
The district court properly dismissed the action as barred by the doctrine of res judicata because the parties or their privies already litigated Stevens’s claims in California state court. See Gonzales v. Cal. Dep’t of Corr., 739 F.3d 1226, 1231 (9th Cir.2014) (reasoned denials of California habeas petitions have claim-preclusive effect); Kay v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes, 504 F.3d 803, 808 (9th Cir.2007) (setting forth elements of 'res judicata under California law).
We reject as unpersuasive Stevens’s contention that she is entitled to compensation under various state regulations, and her contention that the district court’s rulings established that her claims were meritorious.