No. 23-6972

Jeremy Lynn Kerr v. Keith Lenz, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-03-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-procedure collateral-attack due-process federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction res-judicata rooker-feldman standing state-court-judgment subject-matter-jurisdiction
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-05-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

Rooker-Feldman

(1) Before applying Rooker-Feldman, whether a federal court must
first determine whether the state court had jurisdiction to
render its judgment?

(2) Whether Rooker-Feldman barres a collateral attack on a void ab initio state court judgment? Specifically, can a federal court review a state court record to determine whether the state court had jurisdiction to render its judgment?

(3) After determining that the state court judgment is void under
the law of the rendering state, whether a federal court can
declare the state court judgment void ab initio and refuse to
give it credit and validity?

(4) Whether Rooker-Feldman barres a collateral attack on a void ab
initio state court judgment that was rendered before the
commencement of the federal action? Specifically, can a
"state court loser" bring a collateral attack on a void ab
initio state court judgment in the federal court?

(5) Whether Rooker-Feldman is a Supreme Court created doctrine
that prohibits the lower courts from "carving out" exceptions?

(6) Whether there are "exceptions" to Rooker-Feldman? And, if so,
whether there is an "exception" when the state court judgment
was rendered without subject matter jurisdiction?

(7) Whether there is a difference between an "Appellate Review"
and a "Collateral Attack Review"? Specifically, whether 28 USC 1257 barres a federal court from inquiring whether a state court had jurisdiction to render its judgment?

(8) When a federal court dismisses a collateral attack on a
state court judgment under Rooker-Feldman, without any
determination on whether the state court had jurisdiction
to render its judgment; Does Rooker-Feldman effectually give
the state court judgment more effect than state law allows?

Preisner

(9) When a state inmate brings a section 1983 action, outside of
the core of habeas corpus, whether the state inmate can
challenge the constitutionality of a state criminal statute
when a favorable ruling would not necessarily imply the
invalidity of his conviction or sentence, and such declaration
is critical for determining whether the state court civil
judgment against him is void ab initio.

Heck

(10) When a section 1983 plaintiff does not seek "injuries" from
his conviction or confinement, whether Heck barres his
challenge to the instigation of a criminal action.

Res Judicata & Rooker-Feldman

(11) After determining that Rooker-Feldman barres an action, whether the federal court retains jurisdiction to determine further issues such as, whether res judicata is applicable?

Standing

(12) Whether a plaintiff has standing to litigate whether a state
court judgment against another party is void ab initio, when
such finding directly effects the validity of the state court judgment rendered against him.

Ashcroft

(13) Whether a complaint is "too conclusory" when it contains sufficient factual matter that is consistent with a defendant's liability, even though the complaint also contains the elements.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Rooker-Feldman bars a collateral attack on a void ab initio state court judgment

Docket Entries

2024-05-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-04-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2024.
2024-02-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 12, 2024)

Attorneys

Jeremy Kerr
Jeremy Kerr — Petitioner