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Villarreal v. Galvin

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Oct 5, 2009
333 F. App'x 139 (8th Cir. 2009)

Opinion

No. 08-2670.

Submitted: September 25, 2009.

Filed: October 5, 2009.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.

Rufino A. Tony Villarreal, Omaha, NE, pro se.

Kenneth Joseph Leroy, Anderson Bressman, Omaha, NE, for Appellees.

Before BYE, BOWMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


[UNPUBLISHED]


Rufino Villarreal challenges the district court's dismissal of his second amended complaint. After careful de novo review, see Riehm v. Engelking, 538 F.3d 952, 964 (8th Cir. 2008) (standard of review), we conclude the district court correctly dismissed the case without prejudice. See Exxon Mobil Carp. v. Saudi Basic Indus. Corp., 544 U.S. 280, 283-84, 287 n. 2, 292 n. 8, 125 S.Ct. 1517, 161 L.Ed.2d 454 (2005) ( Rooker-Feldman doctrine recognizes federal district courts lack jurisdiction to hear federal non-habeas actions "brought by state-court losers complaining of injuries caused by state-court judgments rendered before the district court proceedings commenced and inviting district court review and rejection of those judgments"); Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 43-45, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971) (recognizing longstanding public policy against federal court interference with state court proceedings).

The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.


Summaries of

Villarreal v. Galvin

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Oct 5, 2009
333 F. App'x 139 (8th Cir. 2009)
Case details for

Villarreal v. Galvin

Case Details

Full title:Rufino A. Tony VILLARREAL, Appellant, v. Lorin GALVIN, individually…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

Date published: Oct 5, 2009

Citations

333 F. App'x 139 (8th Cir. 2009)