Bass v. Butler

OPINION OF THE COURT

NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.

The initial complaint in this matter presented a constitutional due process challenge to the procedures Pennsylvania uses to evaluate workers’ compensation claims. Over the course of more than ten years of active litigation in several courts, however, many layers of complex procedural issues have beclouded this initial claim. Appellant Dianne Bass now challenges the District Court’s order dismissing her case for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, which the court based on the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm the…