Case Name: Roy SMITH; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Rafael ORTIZ, Los Angeles Police Department Officer, as an individual and in his official capacities; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-06-20
Citations: 234 F. App'x 698
Docket Number: No. 05-56088
Parties: Roy SMITH; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Rafael ORTIZ, Los Angeles Police Department Officer, as an individual and in his official capacities; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 234
Pages: 698–698

Head Matter:
Roy SMITH; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Rafael ORTIZ, Los Angeles Police Department Officer, as an individual and in his official capacities; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 05-56088.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 15, 2007.
Filed June 20, 2007.
Leo James Terrell, Law Office of Leo James Terrell, Beverly Hills, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Blithe S. Bock, Esq., Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office City Hall East, Los An-geles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: ALARCÓN, D.W. NELSON, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Appellants contest the district court's refusal to take judicial notice of the finding of a California Superior Court, issued during a probation revocation hearing, that the State of California had not proved that Andrew Smith resisted arrest. We affirm.
A court may notice only those adjudicative facts not subject to reasonable dispute. Fed.R.Evid. 201(b). "[W]hen a court takes judicial notice of another court's opinion, it may do so not for the truth of the facts recited therein, but for the existence of the opinion, which is not subject to reasonable dispute over its authenticity." Lee v. City of Los Angeles, 250 F.3d 668, 690 (9th Cir.2001) (quotation omitted). The district court correctly declined to notice the disputable "facts" recited by the Superior Court.
Plaintiffs do not challenge the district court's holding that the Superior Court's decision lacked preclusive effect in this action. Nor could they. See Lombardi v. City of El Cajon, 117 F.3d 1117, 1121 (9th Cir.1997) (collateral estoppel will not apply where, inter alia, the party to be estopped was not a party to or in privity with a party to the prior action). The district court did not abuse its discretion.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.