William Owens v. Ocwen Financial Corporation

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: January 23, 2024
• Docket: 23-1532
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 23-1532 ___________________________

William Andre Owens

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

Ocwen Financial Corporation

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis ____________

Submitted: January 18, 2024 Filed: January 23, 2024 [Unpublished] ____________

Before GRUENDER, SHEPHERD, and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Missouri resident William Owens appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment and dismissal of his pro se complaint. Upon de novo review, we

1 The Honorable Rodney W. Sippel, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. agree with the district court that Owens’s claims were barred by res judicata. See Banks v. Int’l Union Elec., Elec., Tech., Salaried & Mach. Workers, 390 F.3d 1049, 1052 (8th Cir. 2004) (standard of review); see also Daredevil, Inc. v. ZTE Corp., 1 F.4th 622, 627 (8th Cir. 2021) (this court gives federal court diversity judgment same claim-preclusive effect forum’s state courts would give to state court judgment); Steinbach v. Maxion Wheels Sedalia LLC, 637 S.W.3d 493, 501-02 (Mo. Ct. App. 2021) (elements of res judicata under Missouri law).

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. We also grant Ocwen’s pending motion to take judicial notice of filings in a prior action. ______________________________

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