Chestang v. Cal. Dep't of Corr.

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• ruling that court could take judicial notice of earlier state-court complaint and thereby dismiss based on an affirmative defense
• ruling that court could take judicial notice of earlier state-court complaint and thereby dismiss based on an affirmative defense
• concluding that it was proper for the district court to take notice of a complaint filed in state court, which contained “the same essential allegations as the present suit”
• noting that in considering a motion to dismiss, courts may take judicial notice of facts readily ascertainable from public court records, including existence and timing of complaint in separate litigation
• permitting judicial notice of facts “readily ascertainable from the public court record”
• taking judicial notice of another complaint filed by 8 the plaintiff, which established that the plaintiff was statutorily barred from bringing her medical 9 malpractice suit because there was no plausible dispute that the plaintiff was unaware of the 10 previous filing

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