Court Opinion

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                          FILED
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       FEB 24 2017
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                            FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

 JACQUELINE WARNER,                              No. 15-17505

                  Plaintiff-Appellant,           D.C. No. 4:15-cv-01835-YGR

   v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM*
 CMG MORTGAGE, INC.; et al.,

                  Defendants-Appellees.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Northern District of California
                 Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, District Judge, Presiding

                           Submitted February 14, 2017**

Before:       GOODWIN, FARRIS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.

        Jacqueline Warner appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment

dismissing her action alleging Truth in Lending Act (“TILA”) and state law claims.

We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal for

failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Harkonen

        *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
        **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, 800 F.3d 1143, 1148 (9th Cir. 2015). We affirm.

      The district court properly dismissed Warner’s TILA claims as barred by the

doctrine of res judicata because Warner unsuccessfully raised those same claims

before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

See Siegel v. Fed. Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 143 F.3d 525, 528-29 (9th Cir.

1998) (holding borrower’s action against lender was barred by the res judicata

effect of a related bankruptcy proceeding); United States v. Coast Wineries, 131
F.2d 643, 648 (9th Cir. 1942) (“[A]n order disallowing a claim in bankruptcy is

binding and conclusive on all parties or their privies, and being in the nature of a

final judgment, furnishes a basis for a plea of res judicata.”). Contrary to Warner’s

contention, the decision in Jesinoski v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 135 S. Ct.
790 (2015), does not affect the res judicata bar.

      The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Warner’s motion

for reconsideration because Warner failed to establish any basis for such relief.

See Sch. Dist. No.1J, Multnomah Cty., Or. v. ACandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1262-63

(9th Cir. 1993) (setting forth standard of review and grounds for relief under

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 59(e) and 60(b)).

      We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued

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in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised for the first time on

appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).

      Warner’s motions filed on April 8, 2016 and May 4, 2016 are denied.

      AFFIRMED.

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