No. 24-7116

Keziah Thayer v. Vermont Department for Children and Families, DCF, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights damages-claim due-process federal-jurisdiction rooker-feldman state-court-judgment
Latest Conference: 2025-05-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars a federal court from hearing a parent's claim for damages arising out of a State's violations of the parent's constitutional rights in the course of, but prior to, obtaining a state court judgment.

2. Whether the Second Circuit erred in holding that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars Petitioner's claims for damages because they "arise from" rather than were "caused by" a state court judgment.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars a federal court from hearing a parent's claim for damages arising out of a State's violations of the parent's constitutional rights in the course of, but prior to, obtaining a state court judgment

Docket Entries

2025-05-27
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-08
Waiver of right of respondent John W. Donnelly, Ph. D. to respond filed.
2025-05-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/22/2025.
2025-05-05
Waiver of Vermont Department for Children and Families, et al. of right to respond submitted.
2025-05-05
Waiver of right of respondent Vermont Department for Children and Families, et al. to respond filed.
2025-04-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 2, 2025)

Attorneys

John W. Donnelly, Ph. D.
Evan J. O'BrienDowns Rachlin Martin, PLLC, Respondent
Keziah Thayer
Colin Ryne HaganShlansky Law Group, LLP, Petitioner
Vermont Department for Children and Families, et al.
Jonathan Todd RoseOffice of the Vermont Attorney General, Respondent