Fareed Sepehry-Fard v. Department Stores National Ban

MEMORANDUM

Fareed Sepehry-Fard appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his action alleging federal and state law claims relating to a state court debt collection case. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s dismissal for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Hebbe v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, 341 (9th Cir. 2010). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Sepehry-Fard’s. claims against defendants Patricia M. Lucas, Mary Arand, and Mark H. Pierce on the basis of judicial immunity. See Ashelman v. Pope, 793 F.2d 1072, 1075 (9th Cir. 1986) (“Judges .,, are absolutely immune from damage liability for acts performed in their official capacities.”).

To the extent that Sepehry-Fard’s claims sought review of a prior- state court judgment, the district court properly dismissed those claims as barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. See Noel v. Hall, 341 F.3d 1148, 1154 (9th Cir. 2003) (Rooker-Feldman bars de facto appeals of a state court decision and constitutional claims “inextricably intertwined” with the state court decision); see also Reusser v. Wachovia Bank, N.A., 526 F.3d 855 ,…