Legal Opinion
Mehta v. Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 21, 2012No. 11-2418PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
Mahendra Mehta sued the Illinois Supreme Court, the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, and a Review Board of the Commission under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He contends that an order of the Illinois Supreme Court suspending his license to practice law violated his right to due process. The district court dismissed Mehta’s complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. See Dist. of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462, 482, 103 S.Ct. 1303, 75 L.Ed.2d 206 (1983); Rooker v. Fid. Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413, 415-16, 44 S.Ct. 149, 68…
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