Legal Opinion
Phifer v. City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 19, 2002No. Docket No. 01-7131PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge JACOBS concurs in part and dissents in part in a separate opinion.
KATZMANN, Circuit Judge.
Introduction
Plaintiff-Appellant Tina Phifer ("Phi-fer”) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Denny Chin, /.), dismissing her federal claims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction based on the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. Phifer filed the instant civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 on behalf of herself and her minor daughter Amkia, alleging that the defendants violated their constitutional rights when they removed Amkia from…
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