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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

TYLER DIVISION

DIANNE L. WEAVER,

Plaintiff,

v. 

JERRY PARKER, et al.

Defendant.

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:23-CV-454-JDK

ORDER

Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, filed the above-styled lawsuit on September 7, 2023. Plaintiff 

filed this action using a form for filing a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus Under 28 U.S.C. § 

2241, but Plaintiff is not in custody or serving a sentence. Instead, Plaintiff appears to be seeking 

to stay an eviction proceeding that is pending in Wood County, Texas. See Motion for Emergency 

Stay of State Proceedings, ECF 2. The named defendants are Judge Jerry Parker, Sheriff Kelly 

Cole, and Judge Alfonso Charles.

To the extent Plaintiff seeks a reversal or appeal of a state court order, the complaint does 

not seek relief that is available to Plaintiff in a federal court. Federal courts lack subject matter 

jurisdiction to review a final state court proceeding in the absence of a federal statute specifically 

permitting it to do so. District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462, 486, 103 

S.Ct. 1303, 1317 (1983). No federal court, other than the Supreme Court, has the authority to 

review, modify, or nullify a state court judgment. Johnson v. DeGandy, 512 U.S. 997, 1006–07, 

114 S.Ct. 2647, 2654 (1994). Plaintiff’s claims appear to be “inextricably intertwined” with the 

rulings made in state court. See Feldman,460 U.S. at 483 n. 16, 103 S.Ct. at 1316, n. 16. As a 

result, the federal courts may not have jurisdiction to consider these claims. See Chrissy F. by 

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Medley v. Mississippi Dept. of Public Welfare, 995 F.2d 595 (5th Cir. 1993). Additionally, if the 

state proceedings are still pending, Younger abstention “is generally deemed appropriate [when] 

assumption of jurisdiction by a federal court would interfere with pending state proceedings, 

whether of criminal, civil, or even administrative character.” Word of Faith World Outreach 

Center Church, Inc. v. Morales, 986 F.2d 962, 966 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 510 U.S. 823, 114 S.Ct. 

82 (1993).

Plaintiff, who is proceeding pro se, should be given the opportunity to amend the complaint 

to address the deficiencies noted above. See Eason v. Thaler, 14 F.3d 8 (5th Cir. 1994). It is 

therefore

ORDERED that Plaintiff shall have thirty (30) days from receipt of this Order to file an 

amended complaint addressing the deficiencies noted above. The amended complaint shall include 

the case number—6:23-cv-454-JDK-KNM—at the top of the document. Plaintiff shall use the 

attached form for the amended complaint. The amended complaint shall clearly identify the 

defendant(s) and the claim(s) asserted against each defendant. Failure to timely replead in 

conformity with this Order may result in dismissal of the complaint.

So ORDERED and SIGNED this 11th day of September, 2023.

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