Hamilton
Hamilton v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N. A.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
16 Plaintiff filed the instant action on June 26, 2019, accusing Defendants JP Morgan Chase 17 Bank, N.A., Old Republic Default Management Services, and Shirley Franklin of fraudulently 18 evicting Plaintiff from his home and taking possession of the property, all while making it look like 19 “a simple trustee’s sale.” Compl. at 4, ECF 1. The complaint asserted four causes of action: (1) 20 “Fraudulent Use of the Process”; (2) “Fraudulent Transfer, Fraudulent Conversion, and Violation 21 of Antifraud Rule: 10b-5”; (3) “Fraudulent Alienation, Fraudulent Inducement”; and (4) “Intentional 22 Infliction of Emotional Distress.” See id. at 7–8. 23 On July 15, 2019, the Court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e), dismissed Plaintiff’s complaint 24 with prejudice because Plaintiff’s claims were barred by res judicata. ECF 16. Plaintiff had 25 previously filed a separate action in this district involving the same parties, the same alleged facts, 26 and the same causes of action—the only apparent difference being the signature date. Compare 27 generally Compl. at ECF 1 with ECF 1 in Hamilton v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al., Case 1 No. 5:18-cv-05164-BLF (“Hamilton…