Darrin Black v. Rick Haselton

MEMORANDUM

The district court dismissed Plaintiffs’ suit on the ground that the Rooker-Feld-man doctrine deprived it of subject matter jurisdiction and, in the alternative, on the ground that Defendants were entitled to absolute judicial immunity. We hold that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars Plaintiffs’ suit from proceeding and Defendants are immune from Plaintiffs’ claims pursuant to the Eleventh Amendment. See O’Guinn v. Lovelock Corr. Ctr., 502 F.3d 1056, 1059 (9th Cir. 2007) (“We may affirm on any ground present in the record.”).

Plaintiffs initiated this action against three judges on the Oregon Court of Appeals, the justices of the Oregon Supreme Court, and Debbie Slagle, a county circuit court clerk. All Defendants are sued in their official capacities. Plaintiffs alleged that the Oregon Court of Appeals’ decision to vacate state trial court judgments previously entered in their favor, and the Oregon Supreme Court’s denial of review of this decision, violated the Due Process Clause, the Takings Clause, and numerous other state and federal constitutional provisions. As relief, Plaintiffs sought, among other things, an order declaring that they had constitutionally…