United States Ninth Circuit

The Rooker-Feldman doctrine will preclude federal court jurisdiction of a state employee's federal claim alleging wrongful termination for whistle-blowing where the employee also has an action pending before a state administrative agency challenging the termination.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/08/2001
• Decided 08/28/2001
• Published 08/28/2001

Judges

• Before:  NOONAN, TASHIMA, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael P. Lynch, Assistant Attorney General, Olympia, Washington, for the defendants-appellants., Charles K. Wiggins, Bainbridge Island, Washington, for the plaintiff-appellee.