Dixon

Dixon v. State Bar

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32 F. App'x 355
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 18, 2002No. 01-16173; D.C. No. CV-00-04026-CALCalifornia695 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Kathryn Dixon appeals the district court’s judgment, dismissing her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the California State Bar, two California State Bar prosecutors, the California Supreme Court, and the seven Justices of the California Supreme Court for lack of jurisdiction and failure to state a claim. The district court had jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343, and we have jurisdiction over Dixon’s timely appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review the district court’s dismissal de novo. McLachlan v. Bell, 261 F.3d 908, 910 (9th Cir.2001); Monterey Plaza Hotel, Ltd., P’ship v. Local 483 of Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union, AFL-CIO, 215 F.3d 923, 926 (9th Cir. 2000). We affirm. Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural history of this case, we do not recount it here.

The district court held, inter alia, that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine required dismissal of Dixon’s § 1983 action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, “a party losing in state court is barred from seeking what in substance would be appellate review of the state judgment in a United States District Court based on…

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