Mosley
Mosley v. Beasley
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM *
Donald Campbell, James Beasley, B. Mahlon Brown, III, Larry Hicks, Frank Brusa, Diana Glomb, Steve Chappell, Mike Memeo, Connie Steinheimer, Leonard Gang, and Mary E. Boetsch appeal the district court’s stay of proceedings pending the Nevada Supreme Court’s resolution of Nevada Judge Donald M. Mosley’s appeal of a state judicial discipline order. They argue that the district court erred in failing to dismiss Judge Mosley’s claims for monetary relief pursuant to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine and principles of absolute and qualified immunity. We have jurisdiction over a denial of a motion to dismiss on the ground of immunity pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , see In re Castillo, *167 Nos. 00-55846, 00-55851, 2002 WL 31001886 , at *4 (9th Cir. Sept.6, 2002), and we affirm.
A district court’s stay order is reviewed for an abuse of discretion. Yong v. INS, 208 F.3d 1116, 1119 (9th Cir.2000). The district court did not abuse its discretion in light of the circumstances before it by entering a stay of the complex proceedings until the Nevada Supreme Court issues its final order. We presume that the Nevada Supreme Court proceedings will proceed to a prompt resolution and that the…