Alexander v. Rosen
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
William Alexander filed a complaint in federal court, alleging that he was the victim of a conspiracy concocted by a fed*1205eral judge, a Michigan family court judge, and several state administrative employees. The district court dismissed the complaint because it raised issues related to Alexander’s child support obligations — and thus implicated domestic relations matters that the federal judiciary typically cedes to state courts. But the Supreme Court has told us that the domestic relations exception to federal jurisdiction is a narrow one, see Ankenbrandt v.…
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