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