Vecchioli

Vecchioli v. Borel Private Bank & Trust Co.

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234 F. App'x 568
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJune 13, 2007No. 05-17290California268 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Lorenzo Vecchioli appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his action challenging defendants’ actions re *569 lated to the maintenance and sale of property once owned by his grandfather. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Manufactured Home Cmtys Inc. v. City of San Jose, 420 F.3d 1022 , 1025 (9th Cir.2005) (dismissal based on res judicata), and “[w]e may affirm the district court’s decision on any ground supported by the record, even if it differs from the district court’s rationale,” Lambert v. Blodgett, 393 F.3d 943, 965 (9th Cir .2004).

The district court properly concluded that all of the claims except those involving Deutsche Bank’s maintenance of the trust property are barred by res judicata, because Vecchioli had or could have asserted the claims in probate and civil proceedings before the California courts. See Manufactured Home Cmtys, 420 F.3d at 1031 (discussing California preclusion law; holding claims were properly dismissed based on res judicata). Moreover, the remaining claims against Deutsche Bank for its maintenance of the property before its sale in 1995 are barred by the applicable statutes of…

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