Unpublished Disposition, 878 F.2d 388 (9th Cir. 1989)

MEMORANDUM^** 

Vernon L. William appeals the decision of the district court granting summary judgment against him in his suit against the Nevada State Industrial Insurance System (SIIS). In his complaint, Williams contended that the SIIS unfairly and in bad faith denied some 14 years ago his claim for worker's compensation. We affirm.

Williams' original claim against the SIIS was denied by the Nevada Supreme Court in 1975. Thus, his present claim is barred by res judicata. City of Reno v. Nevada First Thrift, 100 Nev. 483, 488, 686 P.2d 231, 234 (1983). In a suit arising under federal diversity jurisdiction, a federal court must give to a state court judgment the same effect as would be given that judgment under the law of the state from which the judgment emerged. Migra v. Warren City School Dist. Bd. of Ed., 465 U.S. 75, 81 (1984).

We find also that the district court was well within its discretion in finding that Williams' repeated litigation in different forms of his claim for worker's compensation should be penalized by paying SIIS' attorneys' fees. Beaudry Motor Co. v. Abko Properties, Inc., 780 F.2d 751, 756 (9th Cir.) cert. denied, 479 U.S. 825 (1986).

AFFIRMED.