Bauer v. Koester

Dist. Ct. did not err in dismissing on Rooker-Feldman doctrine grounds plaintiff’s lawsuit alleging that defendants-state-court judge and others had conspired to introduce into evidence forged documents during state-court trial that resulted in entry of foreclosure judgment and judicial sale of plaintiffs’ property. Dist. Ct. could properly find that plaintiffs’ injuries in instant case stemmed from prior state-court’s foreclosure judgment, and that plaintiffs could not use instant federal action to set aside order of foreclosure or monetary judgment entered against them, where plaintiffs essentially would require Dist. Ct. to evaluate state-court judgment. Fact that state court foreclosure judgment was not final order did not require different result, where plaintiffs had satisfied state-court judgment by time of filing of instant lawsuit.