Case Name: Sergei PORTNOY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF WOODLAND; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-03-03
Citations: 368 F. App'x 836
Docket Number: No. 09-15220
Parties: Sergei PORTNOY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF WOODLAND; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: FERNANDEZ, GOULD, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 368
Pages: 836–837

Head Matter:
Sergei PORTNOY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF WOODLAND; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 09-15220.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 16, 2010.
Filed March 3, 2010.
Sergei Portnoy, Woodland, CA, pro se.
J. Scott Smith, Esquire, Susan Ann De-nardo, Esquire, Angelo Kilday and Kilduff, Sacramento, CA, for Defendants-Appel-lees.
Before: FERNANDEZ, GOULD, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Sergei Portnoy appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging civil rights violations in connection with his arrest. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Holcombe v. Hosmer, 477 F.3d 1094, 1097 (9th Cir.2007). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed the claims against the district attorney who made the decision to prosecute Portnoy because that decision is protected under the doctrine of absolute prosecutorial immunity. See Kalina v. Fletcher, 522 U.S. 118, 129, 118 S.Ct. 502, 139 L.Ed.2d 471 (1997)
The district court properly dismissed the Fourth Amendment claims that police officers lacked probable cause to arrest Portnoy because the record establishes that he had a full and fair opportunity to litigate that issue at his preliminary hearing; consequently he is collaterally es-topped from re-litigating this issue in a subsequent action. See Haupt v. Dillard, 17 F.3d 285, 288-90 (9th Cir.1994) (concluding that a full and fair opportunity to litigate probable cause to arrest at preliminary hearing in a criminal case collaterally estops re-litigation of that issue in a subsequent action).
Portnoy's remaining contentions are unpersuasive.
Appellee's request for judicial notice of the criminal information in Portnoy's criminal case is granted.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.