Gilchrist
Gilchrist v. Karman
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
David Gilchrist, an attorney, appeals pro se the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that certain representatives of the State Bar of Arizona (“SBA”) violated both his constitutional rights and Arizona law by concluding, after an investigation, that he withheld disputed funds from a client and refused to cooperate during the course of an ethics investigation. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Partington v. Gedan, 961 F.2d 852, 864 (9th Cir.1992). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Gilchrist’s action under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine because all of his claims were inextricably intertwined with the SBA’s decision that he committed ethics violations. See id. at 864-65 .
The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Gilchrist’s motion to recuse Judge Rosenblatt because adverse rulings alone generally do not support a finding of judicial bias. See Leslie v. Grupo ICA, 198 F.3d 1152, 1160-61 (9th Cir. 1999); see also 28 U.S.C. § 455 (a).