The following excerpt is from Shahverdi v. William Hablinski Architecture (In re Shahverdi), Adv. No. 09-0119-MT, BAP No. CC-12-1287-MkTaPa, Bk. No. 08-20205-MT (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 2013):
"To meet this burden, the moving party must have pinpointed the exact issues litigated in the prior action and introduced a record revealing the controlling facts. Reasonable doubts about what was decided in the prior action should be resolved against the party seeking to assert preclusion." Honkanen v. Hopper (In re Honkanen), 446 B.R. 373, 382 (9th Cir. BAP 2011) (internal citations omitted).
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