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Parties Involved:
James Carlow
Appellee
George Wesley Fisher
Appellant
Velma Moore
Appellee
Barry Nelson
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-41376

Summary Calendar

GEORGE WESLEY FISHER, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

BARRY NELSON; JUDGE JAMES CARLOW; VELMA MOORE, Bowie 

County Clerk, 

 Defendants - Appellees

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of Texas

USDC No. 5:14-CV-86

Before DAVIS, CLEMENT, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Pro se plaintiff George Fisher was involved in probate proceedings in 

Bowie County Court from 2006–2009. After an unsatisfactory outcome, Fisher 

brought a state court lawsuit accusing the presiding judge in that case of bias. 

Fisher’s complaint was dismissed and he subsequently filed this § 1983 action 

in federal court repeating his allegations of bias and seeking reversal of the 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

March 12, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

 

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judgment in the probate dispute. The district court dismissed the case for lack 

of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. See 

Liedtke v. State Bar of Tex., 18 F.3d 315, 317 (5th Cir. 1994) (“Absent specific 

law otherwise providing, that doctrine directs that federal district courts lack 

jurisdiction to entertain collateral attacks on state court judgments.”). Fisher 

has failed to provide any reason why the district court’s determination was in 

error. Accordingly, his appeal is DISMISSED.1

1 Fisher’s motion to modify the caption of this case is DENIED.

2

 

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