Amodei

MEMORANDUM *

Appellants, members of the Nevada Legislature (“Legislator Plaintiffs”) and citizens and taxpayers of Nevada (“Non-Legislator Plaintiffs”), brought suit in federal district court under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against other members of the Nevada Legislature, the Governor of Nevada, and other state officials. Appellants alleged violations of their federal due process and equal protection rights, and of the Republican Guaranty Clause, Article IV, Section 4, of the United States Constitution. The district court dismissed the suit in part as barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, and in part for failure to state a claim. As the parties are familiar with the facts of this case, we do not repeat them here. We affirm.

ANALYSIS

The passage of SB 8, a bill increasing public revenues and appropriating funds for public education, by a two-third vote of both the State Senate and the State Assembly, and the enactment of that bill into law, rendered Appellants’ claims for declaratory and injunctive relief moot. “A case becomes moot when the issues presented are no longer ‘live’ or the parties lack a legally cognizable interest in the outcome.” Porter v. Jones, 319 F.3d 483, 489 (9th…