Case Name: Felix TORRES, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-08-21
Citations: 245 F. App'x 644
Docket Number: No. 06-15632
Parties: Felix TORRES, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: KLEINFELD, SILVERMAN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 245
Pages: 644–645

Head Matter:
Felix TORRES, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 06-15632.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 13, 2007 .
Filed Aug. 21, 2007.
Felix Torres, Jr., Laguna Hills, CA, pro se.
Collin P. Wong, Esq., State Bar of California, San Francisco, CA, for DefendantsAppellees.
Before: KLEINFELD, SILVERMAN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Felix Torres, Jr., a California attorney who was suspended from the practice of law for misconduct, appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his action alleging defendants violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and state law by denying his petition for relief from his suspension by the State Bar Court. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo dismissal based on the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. Maldonado v. Harris, 370 F.3d 945, 949 (9th Cir.2004). We affirm.
The district court properly concluded that Torres's action was barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine because it was a forbidden de facto appeal from suspension proceedings, and the remaining claims were inextricably intertwined with the forbidden appeal. See Noel v. Hall, 341 F.3d 1148, 1158 (9th Cir.2003); Mothershed v. Justices of the Supreme Court, 410 F.3d 602, 607-08 (9th Cir.2005) (dismissing plaintiffs constitutional and state law tort claims against state bar disciplinary judges and officials because the claims "constitute[d] . particularized challenge^] to . [state] disciplinary proceedings' results.")
Torres's remaining contentions are unavailing.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.