Case Name: Mehrdad TAIMOURZADEH, Individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Terence LAU; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-03-21
Citations: 513 F. App'x 656
Docket Number: No. 10-56956
Parties: Mehrdad TAIMOURZADEH, Individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Terence LAU; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 513
Pages: 656–657

Head Matter:
Mehrdad TAIMOURZADEH, Individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Terence LAU; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 10-56956.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 12, 2013.
Filed March 21, 2013.
Mehrdad Taimourzadeh, Sherman Oaks, CA, pro se.
Lani M. Goodman, Esquire, Michael J. Sundstedt, Esquire, Michael J. Sundstedt Law Offices, Huntington Beach, CA, James W. Bates, Esquire, Law Offices of James W. Bates APC, Montrose, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and W. FLETCHER, 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
Mehrdad Taimourzadeh appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") action alleging that defendants discriminated against him on the basis of his disability. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a district court's dismissal of an action as barred by the doctrine of res judicata. W. Radio Servs. Co., Inc. v. Glickman, 128 F.3d 1189, 1192 (9th Cir.1997). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Taimourzadeh's action on the basis of res judicata (claim preclusion) because his ADA and related state law claims were based on the same primary right asserted in a prior state court action that was dismissed with prejudice and Taimourzadeh did not appeal that dismissal. See Manufactured Home Cmtys., Inc. v. City of San Jose, 420 F.3d 1022, 1031 (9th Cir.2005) ("To determine the preclusive effect of a state court judgment federal courts look to state law. California's res judicata doctrine is based on a primary rights theory." (citation omitted)); see also Citizens for Open Gov't v. City of Lodi 205 Cal.App.4th 296, 140 Cal.Rptr.3d 459, 482 (2012) (concluding that a ruling was final for res judicata purposes when the time to appeal the trial court judgment had expired).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.