Filed: Dec. 15, 2003
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Summary: F I L E D United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 15 2003 TENTH CIRCUIT PATRICK FISHER Clerk RAUL CHAVEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. No. 03-1316 COUNTY OF BOULDER; (District of Colorado) CHRISTINE HIGHMAN; VIRGINIA (D.C. No. 03-M-40 (CBS)) CREE; BOULDER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Defendants-Appellees. ORDER AND JUDGMENT * Before SEYMOUR, MURPHY, and O’BRIEN, Circuit Judges. After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined
Summary: F I L E D United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 15 2003 TENTH CIRCUIT PATRICK FISHER Clerk RAUL CHAVEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. No. 03-1316 COUNTY OF BOULDER; (District of Colorado) CHRISTINE HIGHMAN; VIRGINIA (D.C. No. 03-M-40 (CBS)) CREE; BOULDER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Defendants-Appellees. ORDER AND JUDGMENT * Before SEYMOUR, MURPHY, and O’BRIEN, Circuit Judges. After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined u..
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F I L E D
United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
DEC 15 2003
TENTH CIRCUIT
PATRICK FISHER
Clerk
RAUL CHAVEZ,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
No. 03-1316
COUNTY OF BOULDER; (District of Colorado)
CHRISTINE HIGHMAN; VIRGINIA (D.C. No. 03-M-40 (CBS))
CREE; BOULDER COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES,
Defendants-Appellees.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT *
Before SEYMOUR, MURPHY, and O’BRIEN, Circuit Judges.
After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined
unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of
this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is
therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.
*
This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the
doctrines of law of the case, res judicata and collateral estoppel. The court
generally disfavors the citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order
and judgment may be cited under the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3.
Raul Chavez appeals the district court’s dismissal of his civil rights
complaint. In his complaint, Chavez sought relief from state court orders
requiring him to pay foster care fees and from a wage garnishment for the
payment of such fees. The state court order to pay foster care fees was made
pursuant to Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 19-1-115(4)(d) and 19-2-114, to defray the costs
associated with the granting of temporary custody of Chavez’s two minor sons to
Boulder County Social Services following delinquency proceedings. The district
court dismissed Chavez’s complaint pursuant to Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.,
263
U.S. 413 (1923) and District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman,
460 U.S.
462 (1983), noting that under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, it had no jurisdiction
to review the state court orders placed at issue by Chavez’s complaint.
Upon review of the district court’s order, the parties’ briefs and contentions
on appeal, and the entire appellate record, this court AFFIRMS for substantially
those reasons set out in the district court’s order of dismissal dated June 12, 2003.
ENTERED FOR THE COURT
Michael R. Murphy
Circuit Judge
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