
    In re: UPLAND PARTNERS, Debtor, William S. Ellis, Jr., Appellant, v. Kessner Duca Umebayashi Bain & Matsunaga, Appellee, and Richard B. Emery; et al., Trustees.
    No. 05-16698.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted June 5, 2006.
    
    Filed June 9, 2006.
    Timothy I. MacMaster, Honolulu, HI, for Debtor.
    William S. Ellis, Jr., Honolulu, HI, pro se.
    Steven Guttman, Esq., Kessner Duca Umebayashi Bain & Matsunaga, Honolulu, HI, for Appellee.
    Steven Guttman, Esq., Lyle S. Hosoda, Esq., Lyle S. Hosoda & Associates, Office of the U.S. Trustee First Hawaiian Tower, Honolulu, HI, for Trustees.
    Before: CANBY, T.G. NELSON and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

We have reviewed appellant’s response to the order to show cause. This appeal is barred by the doctrine of res judicata. See Tahoe-Sierra Pres. Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Rg’l Planning Agency, 322 F.3d 1064, 1077 (9th Cir.2003).

AFFIRMED. 
      
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