Hockaday v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• holding comity and judicial efficiency warrant sua sponte consideration of res judicata
• affirming sua sponte consideration of claim preclusion where “the district court here has expended significant judicial resources on determining whether the plaintiffs are entitled to relief’
• concluding sua sponte consideration was merited due to the plaintiff’s “ongoing failure to recognize the finality of the state court orders,” as evidenced by the many “state court[] . . . hearings and . . . numerous related suits and appeals” instigated by the plaintiff
• affirming district court's sua sponte consideration of res judicata in a FSIA case
• affirming district court’s sua sponte consideration of res judicata in a FSIA case
• reviewing sua sponte invocation of res judicata by the district court

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