Gloria J. Hoegh v. Emerson R. Thompson

589 F. App'x 515

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

Gloria Hoegh brought a complaint in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida against a number of Florida state circuit and district judges (Defendants), styled as a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Hoegh sought review of the conduct of a state court foreclosure action brought by Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization, LLC, expressly referencing a provision of the Florida Constitution that she believes was violated by Defendants. The district court dismissed the complaint after concluding that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction under Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., which holds that a district court does not have jurisdiction to review judgments of state courts of competent jurisdiction based on purported constitutional violations. See 263 U.S. 413, 415-16, 44 S.Ct. 149, 150, 68 L.Ed. 362 (1923).

We review dismissal of a complaint by the district court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction de novo. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Fla. v. United States, EPA, 105 F.3d 599, 602 (11th Cir.1997). The district court properly applied Rooker and therefore did not err. Accordingly, we affirm the dismissal.

AFFIRMED.