Frederick Tayton Dencer v. California State Bar;

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
FREDERICK TAYTON DENCER,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
CALIFORNIA STATE BAR; et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
No. 16-56771
D.C. No. 2:16-cv-03190-SVW-
AJW
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
Stephen V. Wilson, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted February 13, 2018**
Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
Frederick Tayton Dencer appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment
dismissing his action alleging federal and state law claims arising from his
California State Bar disbarment proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 28
U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under the Rooker-Feldman
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED
FEB 22 2018
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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doctrine. Noel v. Hall, 341 F.3d 1148, 1154 (9th Cir. 2003). We affirm.
The district court properly concluded that it lacked subject matter
jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine because Dencer’s action is a “de
facto appeal” of a prior state court judgment, and he raises claims that are
“inextricably intertwined” with that judgment. See Scheer v. Kelly, 817 F.3d 1183,
1186 (9th Cir. 2016) (as-applied constitutional claims are barred under the Rooker-
Feldman doctrine); Cooper v. Ramos, 704 F.3d 772, 777-79 (9th Cir. 2012)
(Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars district court from exercising jurisdiction over a
“de facto” appeal of a state court decision and claims “inextricably intertwined”
with the state court decision); Henrichs v. Valley View Dev., 474 F.3d 609, 616
(9th Cir. 2007) (concluding that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine barred plaintiff’s
claim because alleged legal injuries arose from the “state court’s purportedly
erroneous judgment” and the relief sought “would require the district court to
determine that the state court’s decision was wrong and thus void”).
AFFIRMED.

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