Opinion
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION. (See Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 32.1)
Appeal from the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. BAP No. 10-1135. Jury, Pappas, and Dunn, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding.
GREGORY P. NESSELRODE, Appellant, Pro se, Redmond, WA.
For PROVIDENT FINANCIAL, INC., Appellee: Harold V. Dye, Attorney, DYE & MOE, Missoula, MT; Brian J. Smith, Attorney, Kathryn Mahe, GARLINGTON LOHN & ROBINSON, PLLP, Missoula, MT.
Before: LEAVY, TALLMAN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Gregory P. Nesselrode appeals pro se from the the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's (" BAP" ) judgment affirming the bankruptcy court's order dismissing his adversary proceeding as barred by the doctrine of res judicata. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 158(d). We review de novo the BAP's and the bankruptcy court's decisions, Arrow Elecs., Inc. v. Justus (In re Kaypro), 218 F.3d 1070, 1073 (9th Cir. 2000), and we affirm.
The bankruptcy court properly concluded that res judicata barred Nesselrode from relitigating claims in connection with Provident Financial's foreclosure of his property because he had asserted claims arising from the same transactional nucleus of facts in prior federal and state court actions. See Costantini v. Trans World Airlines, 681 F.2d 1199, 1201-02 (9th Cir. 1982) (res judicata bars all claims based on the same " transactional nucleus of facts" which " could have been asserted, whether they were or not, in a prior suit between the same parties" ) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted); Stanley L. and Carolyn M. Watkins Trust v. Lacosta, 2004 MT 144, 321 Mont. 432, 92 P.3d 620, 626 (Mont. 2004) (barring all claims where " the issues are the same and relate to the same subject matter" ).
Nesselrode's remaining contentions are unpersuasive.
AFFIRMED.