Legal Opinion
Abrahams v. Appellate Division of Supreme Court
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 24, 2009No. 07-1479-cvPublished
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of the district court, entered on February 8, 2007, is AFFIRMED.
Pro se plaintiff Solomon Abrahams appeals the dismissal of his complaint suing defendants for damages sustained as a result of an interim order suspending him from the practice of law. The district court dismissed the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. See District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462, 103 S.Ct. 1303, 75 L.Ed.2d 206 (1983); Rooker v. Fid. Trust Co.,…
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