CHRIST'S HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH v. Ramsey County

MEMORANDUM OF LAW AND ORDER

MICHAEL J. DAVIS, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter came before the Court on Defendants Ramsey County, Susan Gaertner, and Robert Fletcher’s (collectively “Defendants”) motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. For the following reasons, the Court will grant Defendants’ motion.

II. DISCUSSION

A. Factual Background

1. The Parties

Plaintiff Christ’s Household of Faith (“CHOF”) is a religious community incorporated as a nonprofit corporation under Minnesota and federal law. Reverend Donald O. Alsbury has led the…