William Webster v. State of Washington

MEMORANDUM ** William D. Webster appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his action arising from a state court’s property division order in his marital dissolution. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the district court’s dismissal under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. Carmona v. Carmona, 603 F.3d 1041, 1050 (9th Cir.2010). We affirm. The district court properly dismissed Webster’s action as barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine because the action is a “forbidden de facto appeal” of the state court’s order regarding Webster’s pension benefits. Id. at 1050-51 (Rooker-Feldman doctrine barred plaintiffs claims seeking to enjoin state family court orders regarding pension benefits); see also Henrichs v. Valley View Dev., 474 F.3d 609, 616 (9th Cir.2007) (Rooker-Feldman doctrine barred plaintiffs claim because alleged legal injuries arose from the “state court’s purportedly erroneous judgment” and the relief he sought “would require the district court to determine that the state court’s decision was wrong and thus void”). AFFIRMED. Footnotes [**] This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.