Document ID: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-cand-3_19-cv-01317/USCOURTS-cand-3_19-cv-01317-1/pdf.json

Parties Involved:
Mari-Lynne Earls
Plaintiff
Mary J. Greenwood
Defendant

Document Text:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARI-LYNNE EARLS,

Plaintiff,

v.

MARY J. GREENWOOD,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cv-01317-VC 

ORDER RE REPORT AND 

RECOMMENDATION TO DISMISS

Re: Dkt. No. 8

The Court adopts the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation in part. To the 

extent Earls challenges the decision to declare her a vexatious litigant, her lawsuit is barred by 

the Rooker-Feldman doctrine (not to mention res judicata). To the extent Earls contends that the

defendant violated her First Amendment rights by precluding her from appealing the vexatious 

litigant determination without first seeking permission, such a claim does not appear to be barred 

by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine (although the claim may be barred for any number of reasons 

relating to timeliness, preclusion, immunity, or failure to state a claim). Accordingly, a response 

to the complaint is due 21 days from the date of this order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 11, 2019

______________________________________

VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

Case 3:19-cv-01317-VC Document 25 Filed 06/11/19 Page 1 of 1