Case Name: Earl WARNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Y. FRIEDMAN, Rabbi; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-10-26
Citations: 699 F. App'x 718
Docket Number: No. 17-15246
Parties: Earl WARNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Y. FRIEDMAN, Rabbi; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: McKEOWN, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 699
Pages: 718–719

Head Matter:
Earl WARNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Y. FRIEDMAN, Rabbi; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 17-15246
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted October 23, 2017
Filed October 26, 2017
Earl Warner, Pro Se
Before: McKEOWN, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, 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
California state prisoner Earl Warner appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing as duplicative his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging constitutional violations. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d-443, 447 (9th Cir. 2000). We vacate and remand.
The district court dismissed Warner's action as duplicative of Warner's prior action in Warner v. Cate, No. 4:11-cv-05039 YGR ("Warner I"). However, Warner's religious diet claims are based on events that occurred after Warner I, the claim based on the alleged failure to provide Warner with hot meals did not arise out of the same transactional nucleus of facts, and defendants Rivera, Shleffar, Soliz, Zamora, and Maurino were not parties to the prior action. See Adams v. Cal. Dep't of Health Servs,, 487 F.3d 684, 688-89 (9th Cir. 2007) (setting forth standard of review and explaining that in determining whether a later-filed action is duplicative, this court examines "whether the causes of action and relief sought, as well as the parties or privies to the action, are the same"), abrogated on other grounds by Taylor v. Sturgell, 563 U.S. 880, 128 S.Ct. 2161, 171 L.Ed.2d 155 (2008). Without reviewing the settlement agreement in Warner I, which is not in the record, we cannot determine whether the present action can properly be understood as an action to enforce the settlement agreement in Warner I. We vacate the district court's judgment and remand for further proceedings.
VACATED and REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.