BRANDT v. NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC (2020)

MEMORANDUM **

Donald K. Brandt and Tzipora Brandt appeal pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing their action alleging federal and state law claims arising out of the foreclosure of their property. 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 the Brandts’ action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine because it is a “de facto appeal” of prior state court decisions and raises claims that are “inextricably intertwined” with those decisions. See id. at 1163-65 (discussing Rooker-Feldman doctrine).

We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).

AFFIRMED.