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Parties Involved:
Catherine C. Eagles
Appellee
David K. Everson
Appellant
Patricia M. Everson
Appellant

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-1844

DAVID K. EVERSON; PATRICIA M. EVERSON,

Plaintiffs - Appellants,

versus

CATHERINE C. EAGLES, Individually and in Her

Official Capacity as Justice of the Superior

Court of Guilford/Rockingham County, North

Carolina,

Defendant - Appellee.

No. 07-1845

DAVID K. EVERSON; PATRICIA M. EVERSON,

Plaintiffs - Appellants,

versus

PATRICIA TIMMONS-GOODSON, Individually and in

Her Official Capacity as Justice of the

Supreme Court of North Carolina,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Middle

District of North Carolina, at Durham. James A. Beaty, Jr., Chief

District Judge. (1:06-cv-00901-JAB; 1:06-cv-00902-JAB)

Submitted: January 9, 2008 Decided: January 16, 2008

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Before WILKINSON, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

David K. Everson, Patricia M. Everson, Appellants Pro Se. Grady L.

Balentine, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Raleigh, North Carolina,

for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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*

See District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460

U.S. 462 (1983); Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413 (1923).

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PER CURIAM:

David K. and Patricia M. Everson appeal the district

court’s orders granting Respondents’ motions to dismiss the

Eversons’ 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 (2000) claims. The district

court found the Eversons’ claims were barred by absolute judicial

immunity, the Eleventh Amendment, the Rooker-Feldman* abstention

doctrine, and because they failed to state a federal claim. The

Eversons challenge each of the district court’s findings.

We have reviewed the record, the parties’ informal

briefs, and the district court’s orders and find no reversible

error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the

district court. Everson v. Eagles, No. 1:06-cv-00901-JAB (M.D.N.C.

June 4, 2007); Everson v. Goodson, No. 1:06-cv-00902-JAB (M.D.N.C.

June 4, 2007). We dispense with oral argument because the facts

and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials

before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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