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Ronald D. Baker v. Federal Land Bank of Spokane, AKA Interstate Federal Land Bank, AKA Northwest Farm Credit Services Interstate Production Credit Association, AKA Northwest Farm Credit Services Farm Credit Bank of Spokane, a Federal Corporation Kevin C. Meek, Attorney for Northwest Farm Credit Services Andrea D. Baker, AKA Andrea G. Baker United States of America, Acting Through the Small Business Administration
Citations: 15 F.3d 1082; 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 37446; 1993 WL 526301Docket: 93-35321
Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; December 19, 1993; Federal Appellate Court
Ronald D. Baker, the Plaintiff-Appellant, appealed the district court's dismissal of his lawsuit against multiple defendants, including the Federal Land Bank of Spokane and the Interstate Production Credit Association, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failing to state a claim. The Ninth Circuit Court affirmed the dismissal, ruling that Baker’s complaint lacked factual allegations sufficient to support any claim for relief and was effectively a relitigation of issues previously adjudicated in a prior foreclosure action against him. The court noted that Baker’s claims were substantially identical to those raised in the earlier case, which had already been decided against him, thus invoking res judicata and collateral estoppel principles. Baker's arguments on appeal were deemed meritless, and the court found the appeal frivolous, leading to the imposition of a $1,000 sanction against him. The panel determined that the case was suitable for decision without oral argument and that the disposition could not be cited as precedent, per Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Baker did not contest the dismissal of claims against certain defendants in his appeal.