Gilchrist
Gilchrist v. Arizona Supreme Court
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM
David Gilchrist appeals pro se the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that the Arizona state bar disciplinary rules are unconstitutional as applied to him. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and immunity under the Eleventh Amendment, see Olson Farms, Inc. v. Barbosa, 134 F.3d 933, 936 (9th Cir.1998) (lack of subject matter jurisdiction); Yakama Indian Nation v. Wash. Dep’t of Revenue, 176 F.3d 1241, 1245 (9th Cir.1999) (Eleventh Amendment immunity), and we affirm.
The district court was unsure whether the state bar disciplinary proceedings had been completed at the time of its order. If the proceedings were completed, the district court properly dismissed Gilchrist’s claims for declaratory and injunctive relief under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine because Gilchrist’s claims are inextricably intertwined with the state bar’s decision. See District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462 , 483 n. 16, 103 S.Ct. 1303 , 75 L.Ed.2d 206 (1983); Dubinka v. Judges of Superior Court, 23 F.3d 218 , 222 (9th Cir.1994) (holding that…