United States Sixth Circuit

In an action seeking a declaratory judgment to determine the amount of financial support that plaintiff owes to his wife, from whom he is legally separated, under an Affidavit of Support that the government required him to file on her behalf when she immigrated to the U.S., dismissal of the complaint is affirmed as: 1) the district court did not err in dismissing the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction; 2) the complaint was barred under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine; and 3) and there was no error in an alternative finding that plaintiff lacked standing for his claim.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/27/2007
• Decided 08/16/2007
• Published 08/16/2007

Judges

• Before: GILMAN and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges;  ACKERMAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Jeffrey P. Nunnari, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellant.   Guillermo J. Rojas, Assistant United States Attorney, Toledo, Ohio, Alan R. Kirshner, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:Jeffrey P. Nunnari, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellant.  Guillermo J. Rojas, Assistant United States Attorney, Toledo, Ohio, Alan R. Kirshner, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellees.