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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, EASTERN DIVISION

JACOB C. SPRINGER, )

)

Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 3:13cv241-MHT

) (WO) 

STATE FARM MUTUAL )

INSURANCE COMPANY, )

)

Defendant. )

OPINION

Plaintiff filed this lawsuit explicitly seeking “to

set aside” a state-court judgment. Plaintiff’s objections

(doc. no. 16). This lawsuit is now before the court on

the recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge

that defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s case,

without prejudice, be granted based on the Rooker-Feldman

doctrine. See Sophocleus v. Alabama Dep’t of Transp., 605

F. Supp. 2d 1209, 1215 M.D. Ala. 2009) (Thompson, J.),

aff’d, 371 F. App’x 996 (11th Cir. 2010) (cases are

subject to the doctrine if (1) brought by state-court

losers (2) complaining of injuries caused by state-court

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judgments (3) rendered before the district-court

proceedings commenced and (4) inviting district-court

review and rejection of those judgments). Also before the

court are plaintiff’s objections to the recommendation.

After an independent and de novo review of the record, the

court concludes that plaintiff’s objections should be

overruled and the magistrate judge’s recommendation

adopted.

An appropriate judgment will be entered.

DONE, this the 10th day of September, 2013.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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