United States Ninth Circuit

Under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, a federal district court is without subject matter jurisdiction to hear an appeal from the judgment of a state court. Thus, the dismissal of defendant's complaint against the California Court of Appeal justices who adjudicated his appeal is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/17/2001
• Decided 06/27/2003
• Published 06/27/2003

Judges

• Before B. FLETCHER, D.W. NELSON, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Scott Michael Cantor,Graziadei & Cantor, LTD., Las Vegas, Nevada, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel Mendeiros, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Andrea L. Hock, Supervising Attorney General, Thomas F. Gede, Deputy Attorney General, Jennifer K. Rockwell, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for the appellees.