Raman Patel v. Anaheim Housing Authority

MEMORANDUM

Raman Patel appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment, following its bench trial, in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that the Anaheim Housing Authority (“AHA”) terminated his assistance under the Section 8 Tenant Based Housing Choice Voucher Program (“Section 8”) without offering reasonable accommodation for his medical disabilities. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review the district court’s findings of fact for clear error and its conclusions of law de novo. United States v. Bell, 602 F.3d 1074, 1079 (9th Cir.2010). We may affirm on any ground supported by the record. Atel Fin. Corp. v. Quaker Coal Co., 321 F.3d 924, 926 (9th Cir.2003) (per curiam). We affirm.

Judgment for defendants was proper as to Patel’s claims regarding the merits of the AHA’s decision to terminate his assistance because Patel is precluded under the doctrine of exhaustion of judicial remedies from re-litigating the merits in federal court. See Skysign Int'l, Inc. v. City of Honolulu, 276 F.3d 1109, 1115 (9th Cir.2002) (federal courts accord state administrative adjudications the same preclusive effect they would have in state court); Runyon v. Bd. of Trs. of Cal.…