Hanson

Hanson v. Firmat

Good Law
272 F. App'x 571
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 27, 2008No. 06-56118California259 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Kristin R. Hanson appeals pro se from the district court’s order dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction her 42 *572 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging due process violations in connection with child custody proceedings and the constitutionality of California’s child custody and vexatious litigant statutes. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a district court’s dismissal based on the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. Noel v. Hall, 341 F.3d 1148, 1154 (9th Cir.2003). We affirm.

The district court properly concluded that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars Hanson’s action because it is a “forbidden de facto appeal” from judicial decisions of a state court, and raises constitutional claims that are “inextricably intertwined” with those prior state court judgments. Id. at 1158 ; see also Doe & Assocs. Law Offices v. Napolitano, 252 F.3d 1026 , 1030 (9th Cir.2001) (the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars review of interlocutory state court decisions).

The district court did not abuse its discretion by granting defendants’ requests for judicial notice because courts may take judicial notice of documents in the public record. See Lee v. City of Los…

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