Ronald Hanson v. Palehua Community Association

MEMORANDUM

Ronald Julian Hanson and Kathy Ann Hanson appeal pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing their action alleging federal and state law violations arising out of a prior state court action. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo. Noel v. Hall, 341 F.3d 1148, 1154 (9th Cir.2003) (dismissal under Rooker-Feldman doctrine); Sadoski v. Mosley, 435 F.3d 1076, 1077, n. 1 (9th Cir.2006) .(judicial immunity). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed the Hansons’ claims against defendants alleging injuries from the prior state court judgment for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine because these claims amounted to a forbidden “de facto appeal” of the prior state court judgment and raised issues that were “inextricably intertwined” with that state court judgment. Noel, 341 F.3d at 1163-65 ; see also Henrichs v. Valley View Dev., 474 F.3d 609 , 616 (9th Cir.2007) (Roolcer-Feldman doctrine barred plaintiffs claim because alleged legal injuries arose from the “state court’s purportedly erroneous judgment” and the relief sought “would require the district court to determine the state court’s decision was…