Opinion ID: 735823
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Heading: Department of Justice/Federal Bureau of Investigation

Text: 18 The court dismissed the claim against the DOJ/FBI as precluded by a former action. We review de novo summary judgment on the ground of res judicata. Hiser v. Franklin, 82 F.3d 869, 871 (9th Cir.1996). 19 Plaintiff's present claim against the FBI relates to his 1989 FOIA request. The FBI responded to this request in 1990 by releasing 73 of 87 responsive documents. After his administrative appeal to the DOJ was denied, plaintiff sued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Greyshock v. FBI, Civ.Action No. 92-0592 NJC (D.D.C.1992). His complaint clearly specified the 1989 FBI request as its basis. The court had subject matter jurisdiction, and it dismissed the case on the merits. That dismissal extinguished plaintiff's claim against the FBI. 20 Plaintiff relies on Fed.R.Civ.P. 41 to argue that we must construe the dismissal as without prejudice. However, the dismissal was not a voluntary dismissal under Rule 41. We also reject plaintiff's argument, raised for the first time on appeal, that this action challenges a separate FOIA request, filed with the Executive Office of the United States Attorneys' Office in 1991. That request was not mentioned in the complaint or any other pleading before the district court, so it is not a subject of this action.