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Dirk KANCILIA; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lloyd Ray WINBURN, an individual; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 15-17027
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted February 14, 2017 
    
    Filed February 23, 2017
    Dirk Kancilia, Pro Se
    Jon Kancilia, Pro Se
    Kyrstin Kancilia, Pro Se
    Gina Becker-Zarling, Becker Zarling Law, Avondale, AZ, for Defendants-Appel-lees
    Before: GOODWIN, FARRIS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Dirk Kancilia, Jon Kancilia, and Kyrstin Kancilia (“the Kancilias”) appeal pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing their action alleging various federal and state law claims regarding fraudulent financial dealings. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal based on issue preclusion. Garity v. APWU Nat’l Labor Org., 828 F.3d 848, 854 (9th Cir. 2016). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed the Kancilias’ action as barred by the doctrine of issue preclusion because the issue of when the Kancilias’ claims accrued and whether they were entitled to tolling were actually litigated and decided in the Kanci-lias’ prior Nevada state court action. See Taylor v. Sturgell, 553 U.S. 880, 892, 128 S.Ct. 2161, 171 L.Ed.2d 155 (2008) (issue preclusion bars “successive litigation of an issue of fact or law actually litigated and resolved in a valid court .determination essential to the prior judgment, even if the issue recurs in the context of a different claim” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).

The district court did not abuse its discretion in striking the Kancilias’ response to defendants’ motion to dismiss because a “district court has considerable latitude in ... enforcing local rules that place parameters on briefing.” Christian v. Mattel, Inc., 286 F.3d 1118, 1129 (9th Cir. 2002); Hinton v. Pac. Enters., 5 F.3d 391, 395 (9th Cir. 1993) (standard of review). Moreover, the record reflects that the district court considered the Kancilias’ amended opposition.

We do not consider the Kancilias’ arguments regarding the denial of Kyrstin Kancilia’s motion requesting electronic filing because the issue was not properly raised before the district court. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).

We reject as without merit the Kancili-as’ contentions that the district court’s order for defendants to answer in compliance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure was in error, and that default should have been entered against defendants.

Defendants’ request for attorney’s fees and costs, set forth in their answering brief, is denied.

AFFIRMED. 
      
      
         This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.