Case Name: Raymond Ludwig FROST, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dora B. SCHRIRO; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-09-14
Citations: 478 F. App'x 475
Docket Number: No. 11-17168
Parties: Raymond Ludwig FROST, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dora B. SCHRIRO; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: WARDLAW, CLIFTON, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Bankruptcy Reporter
Volume: 480
Pages: 475–475

Head Matter:
Raymond Ludwig FROST, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dora B. SCHRIRO; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 11-17168.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 10, 2012.
Filed Sept. 14, 2012.
Raymond Ludwig Frost, Tucson, AZ, pro se.
Michael E. Gottfried, Attorney General’s Office, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendants-Ap-pellees.
Before: WARDLAW, CLIFTON, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Arizona state prisoner Raymond Ludwig Frost appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging First Amendment violations. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion the district court's application of judicial estoppel. Hamilton v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 270 F.3d 778, 782 (9th Cir.2001). We affirm.
The district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing Frost's claims on the basis of judicial estoppel because Frost was aware of, but failed to disclose, those claims during his bankruptcy proceedings, and the bankruptcy court relied on the omission in initially granting a discharge. See id. at 784-85 (applying judicial estop-pel where debtor knowingly failed to disclose the existence of a cause of action as an asset in a bankruptcy proceeding, and the bankruptcy court relied on the nondisclosure).
AFFIRMED.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument, See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).