Sheila-Jo Hunter Tellez v. Donald J. Proiettii

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California adopted the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations and dismissed Sheila-Jo Hunter Tellez’s pro se, in forma pauperis action against Donald J. Proiettii without leave to amend. The court held that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine deprived it of jurisdiction to review state-court orders concerning an estate’s claimed ownership of property and rejected plaintiff’s objections.

Holdings

1. The federal district court lacked jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine to review plaintiff's challenges to state-court judicial orders concerning the estate's ownership claim to property.
2. The action was dismissed without leave to amend because the findings and recommendations were supported by the record and proper analysis, and plaintiff's objections were unpersuasive.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the federal district court had subject matter jurisdiction to review state-court orders concerning an estate's ownership claim to property.
2. Whether plaintiff's objections to the magistrate judge's recommendation warranted rejection of the recommendation or amendment of the complaint.

Disposition

dismissed