Leland W. Jacobs v. Gear Properties

2 F. App'x 617

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: February 2, 2001
• Docket: 00-1257MN
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Leland W. Jacobs appeals the District Court’s 1 dismissal of his civil rights action, in which he claimed that defendants evicted him from his apartment for a discriminatory or retaliatory reason. Plaintiffs eviction occurred after defendants prevailed in their state court unlawful detain-er action against him. 2 After de novo review, see Lemonds v. St. Louis County, 222 F.3d 488, 492 (8th Cir.2000), we conclude the District Court properly dismissed plaintiffs action, as it lacked subject matter jurisdiction under the Rooker- Feldman 3 doctrine. See Charchenko v. City of Stillwater, 47 F.3d 981, 983 (8th Cir.1995) (Rooker-Feldman precludes federal claims if relief requested would effectively reverse state court decision or void its ruling).

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

1 . The Honorable David S. Doty, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.

2 . Gear Props. v. Jacobs, No. C1-97-2266, 1998 WL 550762 (Minn.Ct.App. Sept.l, 1998) (unpublished decision).

3 . Rooker v. Fid. Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413, 44 S.Ct. 149, 68 L.Ed. 362 (1923); Dist. of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462, 103 S.Ct. 1303, 75 L.Ed.2d 206 (1983).