Hartford Life Ins. v. Solomon

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN F. GRADY, District Judge.

Before the court are the parties’ briefs on the question of our subject-matter jurisdiction over counterclaims and cross-claims filed by interpleader defendant Deborah J. Solomon in her capacity as the independent administrator of the Estate of David A. Solomon (hereinafter, the “Estate”). For the reasons explained below, we conclude that we do not have subject-matter jurisdiction over the Estate’s claims pursuant to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. Because we cannot entertain the Estate’s claims, we will exercise our discretion to dismiss this…