No. 19-862

William Castro v. R. Fred Lewis, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-01-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process due-process-rights federal-constitutional-claims federal-jurisdiction rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine section-1983 state-court-judgment subject-matter-jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars subject-matter jurisdiction in a federal district court over federal constitutional claims filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 where: a) the underlying misconduct was unknown to Petitioner prior to the state court's original judgment and did not figure in that state court's decision; and b) Petitioner's post-judgment motion to vacate raising those claims was not decided on the merits by the state court.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars subject-matter jurisdiction in a federal district court over federal constitutional claims filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 where: a) the underlying misconduct was unknown to Petitioner prior to the state court's original judgment and did not figure in that state court's decision; and b) Petitioner's post-judgment motion to vacate raising those claims was not decided on the merits by the state court

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-22
Waiver of right of respondent Thomas Arthur Pobjecky to respond filed.
2020-01-16
Waiver of right of respondents R. Fred Lewis, Jorge Labarga, C. Alan Lawson, Barbara J. Pariente, Ricky Polston, Peggy A. Quince, Charles T. Canady to respond filed.
2019-12-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 10, 2020)

Attorneys

R. Fred Lewis, Jorge Labarga, C. Alan Lawson, Barbara J. Pariente, Ricky Polston, Peggy A. Quince, Charles T. Canady
William Henry Stafford IIIOffice of the Florida Attorney General, Respondent
Thomas Arthur Pobjecky
James Joseph DeanMesser, Caparello & Self, P.A., Respondent
William Castro
Mycki RatzanRatzan & Faccidomo, LLC, Petitioner