Legal Opinion

Daggett v. Key

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided February 3, 2005No. 04-3419PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

Invoking 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985, John Daggett sued his late mother’s former guardian, a real estate agent, and a state judge for claims arising from a judicial sale of his mother’s property and for conspiring to deny him a hearing on those claims. The district court, reading the plaintiffs complaint as an attempt to obtain review of a state court’s proceedings, dismissed the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. We affirm on the basis of Rooker-Feldman and for other jurisdictional reasons.

*722According to Daggett’s complaint and its…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. FeldmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
  3. Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. A.D. Brokaw v. Karen Weaver, Mercer County, State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
  5. Marietta Taylor v. Federal National Mortgage Association, Waterfield Mortgage Company, and Burke, Costanza & Cuppy, LLPCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. McGee v. Town of Rockland Zoning BoardDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2012
  2. Heggins v. DesForgesDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 2025

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