FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOV 23 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JAMES S. DAVIS, AKA James S. David, No. 10-56684
Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 5:10-cv-00918-AHM-
AJW
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MEMORANDUM *
Defendant - Appellee,
and
AUTURO CISNEROS; et al.,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
A. Howard Matz, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted November 21, 2011 **
Before: TASHIMA, BERZON, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
Former federal prisoner James S. Davis, an attorney, appeals pro se from the
district court’s judgment dismissing his action alleging false imprisonment. We
have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Whitman v.
Mineta, 541 F.3d 929, 931 (9th Cir. 2008) (grant of a motion to dismiss); Ethridge
v. Harbor House Rest., 861 F.2d 1389, 1393 (9th Cir. 1988) (denial of a motion to
remand an action to state court). We may affirm on any ground supported by the
record. Shanks v. Dressel, 540 F.3d 1082, 1086 (9th Cir. 2008). We affirm.
Denial of Davis’s motion to remand was proper because Davis’s action was
properly removed to the district court. See 28 U.S.C. § 2679(d)(2); Osborn v.
Haley, 549 U.S. 225, 231 (2007) (“[C]ertification is conclusive for purposes of
removal, i.e., once certification and removal are effected, exclusive competence to
adjudicate the case resides in the federal court, and that court may not remand the
suit to the state court.”).
The district court properly dismissed Davis’s action because his false
imprisonment claim was directly connected to his conviction on multiple federal
offenses and his resulting sentence. See Compton v. Ide, 732 F.2d 1429, 1434 (9th
Cir. 1984), abrogated on other grounds by Agency Holding Corp. v. Malley-Duff
& Assocs., Inc., 483 U.S. 143 (1987) (“A prior conviction estops a party in a later
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civil suit from contesting facts necessarily established in the criminal
proceeding.”).
Davis’s remaining contentions are unpersuasive.
Davis’s motion to set oral argument, filed on September 16, 2011, is denied.
All remaining pending motions are denied.
AFFIRMED.
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