Anthony Jackson v. County of Maricopa

MEMORANDUM

Anthony Dean Jackson appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his action alleging claims arising from defendants’ allegedly wrongful conduct leading to his 1996 criminal conviction and defendants’ continued recognition of that conviction. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Crum v. Circus Circus Enters., 231 F.3d 1129, 1130 (9th Cir. 2000). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Jackson’s action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, because Jackson failed to allege facts sufficient to show that diversity jurisdiction exists. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (a)(1); Kuntz v. Lamar Corp., 385 F.3d 1177, 1181-83 (9th Cir. 2004) (addressing diversity of citizenship under § 1332). Further, to the extent that Jackson alleged claims arising from constitutional errors by the Maricopa County Superior Court during his criminal prosecution, these claims are barred under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine because they constitute a “de facto appeal” of the criminal conviction or are “inextricably intertwined” with that conviction. See Noel v. Hall, 341 F.3d 1148,…