Sue Sherman v. Washington State Judicial Syst

MEMORANDUM

Sue Sherman appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging constitutional violations arising from state court proceedings concerning real property. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo. Noel v. Hall, 341 F.3d 1148, 1154 (9th Cir.2003). We affirm.

The district court properly concluded that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine because Sherman’s action amounted to a forbidden “de facto appeal” of a state court judgment and raised constitutional claims that were “inextricably intertwined” with that state court judgment. See id. at 1163-65 (discussing Rooker-Feldman doctrine); see also Henrichs v. Valley View Dev., 474 F.3d 609 , 616 (9th Cir.2007) (.Rooker-Feldman doctrine barred plaintiffs claim because alleged legal injuries arose from the “state court’s purportedly erroneous judgment” and the relief he sought “would require the district court to determine that the state court’s decision was wrong and thus void”).

The district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing without leave to amend because amendment would have been futile. See Albrecht v.…