Jason Givens v. Homecomings Financial

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

Jason Givens appeals the dismissal of his Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) action under the doctrines of Rooker-Feldman and res judicata. Givens’s mortgagee obtained a state court order granting it possession of Givens’s residence after he defaulted on his home mortgage. Givens then filed the immediate action in district court, seeking an injunction barring the enforcement of the order of possession. Because Givens’s suit is essentially an appeal from a state court decision, we affirm. The federal district courts do not hear appeals from state courts.

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