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Filed 10/6/21 Close v. Tan CA1/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

LISA MARIE CLOSE,

Plaintiff and Appellant,

A160283

v. STUART K. TAN, (Solano County Super. Ct. No. FCS052549) Defendant and Respondent.

Plaintiff Lisa Marie Close sued defendant Stuart K. Tan, a police officer, for assault, battery, and false arrest. Tan obtained judgment on the pleadings on the ground of collateral estoppel, also known as issue preclusion.1 On appeal, Close argues that issue preclusion does not bar her claims. We shall reverse the judgment in part.

As a note regarding terminology, “issue preclusion” and “collateral estoppel” have, for some time, been used interchangeably. (See, e.g., Hernandez v. City of Pomona (2009) 46 Cal.4th 501,…