Opinion ID: 2784568
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Heading: Defendants Tony Fu and Crystal Lei

Text: We affirm the district court’s dismissal of both the federal and state law claims against Tony Fu and Crystal Lei because res judicata bars Fallay’s lawsuit against these defendants. The federal courts give “full faith and credit” to judicial proceedings of the state courts. Adam Bros. Farming v. Cnty. of Santa Barbara, 604 F.3d 1142, 1148 (9th Cir. 2010). The state court lawsuit involved allegations that Fu and Lei lied about the loan “to get plaintiff prosecuted.”3 Because the state 3 We grant Fu and Lei’s request to take judicial notice of the state court documents submitted for consideration of this appeal. Fed. R. Evid. 201. 6 court proceedings involved the same harm alleged in this federal case, the action is barred and amendment of the SAC would have been futile. See Adam Bros. Farming, 604 F.3d at 1149 n.5 (citing Palomar Mobilehome Park Ass'n v. City of San Marcos, 989 F.2d 362, 364 (9th Cir.1993)). Notwithstanding the dismissal of the claims, we deny Fu and Lei’s motion to sanction Fallay because it was not readily apparent that his claims were frivolous.