Legal Opinion
Snyder v. Garb
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 1, 1997No. CIV. A. 97-CV-5539PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOYNER, District Judge.
This case has been brought before this Court upon motion by defendant Judge Isaac S. Garb to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint against him as barred by the Rooker-Feld-man doctrine and the Eleventh Amendment. For the reasons which follow, defendant’s motion is granted and the complaint against him dismissed.
*869 Factual Background
On September 2, 1997, plaintiff, Daniel Snyder filed a 16-page complaint against Judge Isaac Garb of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County. Although Mr. Snyder’s pleading is difficult to understand because of its rambling nature…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Daniel B. Snyder v. Isaac S. Garb, JudgeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998