David Efron v. Madeleine Candelario, et al.
SocialSecurity DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Does the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bar a civil-rights suit alleging judicial corruption when the plaintiff does not seek to relitigate the state-court judgment, and does it preclude federal jurisdiction over a civil-rights claim for damages arising from extrinsic fraud committed by private parties in collusion with corrupt state-court judges?
The questions presented are: 1. Does the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bar a civil-rights suit alleging judicial corruption that led to a state-court judgment when the plaintiff does not seek to relitigate, review, modify or set aside any issue decided by the statecourt judgment? 2. Does the Rooker-Feldman doctrine preclude federal jurisdiction over a civil-rights claim for damages arising from extrinsic fraud committed by private parties in collusion with corrupt state-court judges, when the injury stems from the conspiracy itself rather than the later state-court judgment? ii STATEMENT OF