Valdez-Avalos v. Illinois

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• noting that claim preclusion bars “litigating claims which were, or could have been, decided in a prior suit, even if the fresh attempt relies on ‘marginally different theories’” (quoting Maher v. FDIC, 441 F.3d 522, 527 (7th Cir. 2006)
• “Two causes of action are identical if each claim is supported by the same factual allegations, and the judgment in each case would be based on the same evidence.”
• federal claim preclusion law bars claims which were, or could have been, decided in a prior suit if there is an identity of the parties or their privies, an identity of the causes of action, and a final judgment on the merits

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