Jeffrey Cogan v. Arnaldo Trabucco

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JEFFREY A. COGAN, No. 22-16948 Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 2:21- cv-02087-CDS- and EJY

JEFFREY A. COGAN, ESQ., LTD.,

Plaintiff, OPINION v.

ARNALDO TRABUCCO, M.D.,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Cristina D. Silva, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 8, 2024 Las Vegas, Nevada

Filed August 21, 2024

Before: Milan D. Smith, Jr., Mark J. Bennett, and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Collins; Concurrence by Judge M. Smith SUMMARY *

Rooker-Feldman Doctrine

The panel reversed the district court’s dismissal, as barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, of attorney Jeffrey Cogan’s complaint collaterally challenging a civil judgment entered against him in Arizona state court. Cogan filed this complaint to collaterally challenge an Arizona state court malicious prosecution action brought against him by bankruptcy debtor Arnaldo Trabucco. Cogan sought a declaration that any claim for malicious…