Case Name: William Eric CLARK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MGA, INC., and all Holding Companies and affiliated entities, d.b.a. Movie Gallery, United Parcel Service, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-11-29
Citations: 208 F. App'x 723
Docket Number: No. 06-12857
Parties: William Eric CLARK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MGA, INC., and all Holding Companies and affiliated entities, d.b.a. Movie Gallery, United Parcel Service, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before ANDERSON, BIRCH and DUBINA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 208
Pages: 723–723

Head Matter:
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William Eric CLARK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MGA, INC., and all Holding Companies and affiliated entities, d.b.a. Movie Gallery, United Parcel Service, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 06-12857
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Nov. 29, 2006.
Malcolm R. Newman, Dothan, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
John Thomas A. Malatesta, Jeffrey Monroe Grantham, Maynard Cooper & Gale, PC, Michael Todd Sansbury, Robert K. Spotswood, Spotswood, LLC, Howard P. Walthall, Jr., Burr & Forman LLP, Donald Randolph James, Jr., Joel E. Dillard, Baxley, Dilliard, Dauphin & McKnight, Daniel J. Burnick, Sirote & Permutt, Birmingham, AL, Cari Katrice Dawson, Nowell Donald Berreth, Rebecca Brown Crawford, Alston & Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Paul J. Cambria, Jr., Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, et al., Buffalo, NY, Todd Andrew Fuson, R. Joseph Decker, Prindle Decker & Amaro, LLP, Long Beach, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before ANDERSON, BIRCH and DUBINA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This is an appeal by appellant William Eric Clark ("Clark") from a judgment of dismissal entered by the district court in favor of the defendants.
This court reviews de novo the dismissal of a complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. Roberts v. Fla. Power & Light Co., 146 F.3d 1305, 1307 (11th Cir.1998). This court also reviews de novo the decision of a district court to bar a claim on the basis of res judicata. Israel Disc. Bank Ltd. v. Entin, 951 F.2d 311, 314 (11th Cir.1992).
After reviewing the record and reading the parties' briefs, we conclude, as did the district court, that the instant complaint was due to be dismissed on grounds of res judicata. In comparing the dispositive order in the present case entered by Judge Blackburn with an earlier dispositive order entered by Judge Acker, we conclude that the instant case undeniably involves the identical parties, identical subject matter, and identical facts as in the first Clark case. The district court's dismissal with prejudice of the first Clark case asserting the very same civil RICO claim presented here barred Clark from refiling an identical claim before the district court. Accordingly, we affirm the district court's judgment of dismissal.
AFFIRMED.
. We also grant appellees' motions for damages and costs filed pursuant to Rule 38 of the Fed. R.App. P. and remand this case to the district court to determine the amount of fees and costs to be awarded.