Does a federal district court have jurisdiction to hear a direct appeal from a final state court judgment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from ANDERSON v. County of SAN DIEGO, CASE NO. 10-CV-705 - IEG (MDD) (S.D. Cal. 2011):
Under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, a federal district court does not have jurisdiction to hear a direct appeal from a final state court judgment. See Noel v. Hall, 341 F.3d 1148, 1154 (9th Cir. 2003). The Rooker-Feldman doctrine also applies to de facto appeals, as well as any issue that
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