No. 24-694

David Efron v. Madeleine Candelario, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-12-30
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights-suit extrinsic-fraud federal-jurisdiction judicial-corruption rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-judgment
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Latest Conference: 2025-04-25
Question Presented (AI Summary)

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?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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

Docket Entries

2025-04-28
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/25/2025.
2025-03-31
Waiver of right of respondent Madeleine Candelario and Michelle Pirallo Di Cristina to respond filed.
2025-02-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 31, 2025.
2025-02-25
Motion of Madeleine Candelario and Michelle Pirallo Di Cristina for an extension of time submitted.
2025-02-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 28, 2025 to March 31, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-01-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 29, 2025 to February 28, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-01-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 28, 2025.
2024-12-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 29, 2025)

Attorneys

David Efron
John Granville CrabtreeCrabtree & Auslander, Petitioner
John Granville CrabtreeCrabtree & Auslander, Petitioner
Madeleine Candelario and Michelle Pirallo Di Cristina
Gustavo Daniel LageSanchez-Medina, Gonzalez, Quesada, Lage, et al., Respondent
Madeleine Candelario, et al.
Gustavo Daniel LageSanchez-Medina, Gonzalez, Quesada, Lage, et al., Respondent
Peter A. GonzalezSanchez-Medina, Gonzalez, Quesada, Lage, LLP, Respondent