William Andre Owens v. Ocwen Financial Corporation

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 23-1532
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William Andre Owens
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant
v.
Ocwen Financial Corporation
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
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Submitted: January 18, 2024
Filed: January 23, 2024
[Unpublished]
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Before GRUENDER, SHEPHERD, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.
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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
1The Honorable Rodney W. Sippel, United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Missouri.

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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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