Robert Grundstein v. Washington State

MEMORANDUM

Robert H. Grundstein, a disbarred Washington attorney, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C § 1983 action arising from a pri- or state court action concerning his deceased mother’s estate. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo. Canatella v. California, 304 F.3d 843, 852 (9th Cir.2002) (dismissal for lack of standing); Noel v. Hall, 341 F.3d 1148, 1154 (9th Cir.2003) (dismissal under Rook-er-Feldman doctrine). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed for lack of standing Grundstein’s general challenge to the constitutionality of the state court rule regarding unpublished opinions. See Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 560-61 , 112 S.Ct. 2130 , 119 L.Ed.2d 351 (1992) (constitutional standing requires an “injury in fact,” causation, and redressability); Canatella, 304 F.3d at 852 (“In the particular context of injunctive and declaratory relief, a plaintiff must show that he has suffered or is threatened with a concrete and particularized legal harm, ... coupled with a sufficient likelihood that he will again be wronged in a similar way.” (citations and internal quotation marks…