GARMONG v. NEVADA SUPREME COURT (2018)

MEMORANDUM **

Gregory Garmong appeals from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging federal and state law claims arising from state court proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. Noel v. Hall, 341 F.3d 1148, 1154 (9th Cir. 2003). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Garmong’s action as barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine because Garmong’s action is a “de facto appeal” of prior state court judgments, and raises claims that are “inextricably intertwined” with those judgments. See Cooper v. Ramos, 704 F.3d 772, 782 (9th Cir. 2012) (Rooker-Feldman doctrine barred claim that was “inextricably intertwined” with the state court’s decision); Henrichs v. Valley View Dev., 474 F.3d 609, 616 (9th Cir. 2007) (Rooker-Feldman doctrine barred plaintiff’s claim because alleged legal injuries arose from the “state court’s purportedly erroneous judgment” and the relief sought “would require the district court to determine that the state court's decision was wrong and thus void”).

AFFIRMED.