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Hucul v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
703 F. App'x 542
| 9th Cir. | 2017
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*1 Before: CANBY, TROTT, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Michael Hucul appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging constitutional claims arising from state court *2 proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a district court’s dismissal under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. Maldonado v. Harris , 370 F.3d 945, 949 (9th Cir. 2004). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Hucul’s action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine because Hucul’s action constituted a forbidden “de facto” appeal of prior state court orders. See Cooper v. Ramos , 704 F.3d 772, 777-78, 781 (9th Cir. 2012) ( Rooker-Feldman doctrine deprives federal district courts of jurisdiction to hear direct and “de facto” appeals from state courts, including a federal complaint that is “frame[d] . . . as a constitutional challenge to the state court[’s] decision[]” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)); Henrichs v. Valley View Dev. , 474 F.3d 609, 616 (9th Cir. 2007) (holding that Rooker-Feldman doctrine barred plaintiff’s claim because alleged legal injuries arose from the “state court’s purportedly erroneous judgment” and the relief sought “would require the district court to determine that the state court’s decision was wrong and thus void”).

Contrary to Hucul’s contention, the extrinsic fraud exception to the Rooker- doctrine does not apply because Hucul did not allege any facts showing that any adverse party prevented him from presenting his claims in state court. Kougasian v. TMSL, Inc. , 359 F.3d 1136, 1140-41 (9th Cir. 2004) ( Rooker- doctrine does not apply if extrinsic fraud prevented a party from presenting his claim in state court).

We do not consider documents not presented to the district court. United States v. Elias , 921 F.2d 870, 874 (9th Cir. 1990) (“Documents or facts not presented to the district court are not part of the record on appeal.”).

Hon. Michael D. Washington’s motion to take judicial notice (Docket Entry No. 41) is granted.

Hucul’s motion to strike (Docket Entry No. 75) is denied.

AFFIRMED.

[*] This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

[**] The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Case Details

Case Name: Hucul v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Court Name: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Date Published: Nov 20, 2017
Citation: 703 F. App'x 542
Docket Number: 17-55192
Court Abbreviation: 9th Cir.
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