Case Name: Rainer Eric Nikolaus FALKENHORST, Plaintiff-Appellant v. HARRIS COUNTY CHILDREN'S PROTECTIVE SERVICES, Mr. George D. Ford (Attorney); Patrick S. Shelton, Ex Judge; Greg Abott, Governor; Jean Spailding Hughes, Judge, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2018-02-09
Citations: 711 F. App'x 228
Docket Number: No. 17-20274 Summary Calendar
Parties: Rainer Eric Nikolaus FALKENHORST, Plaintiff-Appellant v. HARRIS COUNTY CHILDREN’S PROTECTIVE SERVICES, Mr. George D. Ford (Attorney); Patrick S. Shelton, Ex Judge; Greg Abott, Governor; Jean Spailding Hughes, Judge, Defendants-Appellees
Judges: Before KING, ELROD, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 711
Pages: 228–229

Head Matter:
Rainer Eric Nikolaus FALKENHORST, Plaintiff-Appellant v. HARRIS COUNTY CHILDREN’S PROTECTIVE SERVICES, Mr. George D. Ford (Attorney); Patrick S. Shelton, Ex Judge; Greg Abott, Governor; Jean Spailding Hughes, Judge, Defendants-Appellees
No. 17-20274 Summary Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Filed February 9, 2018
Rainer Eric Nikolaus Falkenhorst, Pro Se
Before KING, ELROD, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Rainer Eric Nikolaus Falkenhorst, Texas prisoner # 01938554, appeals the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b). Falkenhorst further moves for the appointment of counsel, for oral argument, and for leave to file a supplemental brief to present evidence in support of government intervention under 28 U.S.C. § 2403.
Falkenhorst sued Harris County Children's Protective Services and its director George.D. Ford, Jr.; Texas Governor Greg Abbott; and eight judges who participated in a 2006 state court case regarding the termination of Falkenhorst's parental rights over his child, claiming that the defendants conspired to deprive him of the custody of his child; deprived him of due process, a fair trial, and counsel; defamed and defrauded him; and breached their fiduciary duties. Falkenhorst sought a retrial of the case in state court, full custody of his child, and monetary damages for court error during the original state proceedings.
On appeal, Falkenhorst challenges only the conclusion that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine deprived the district court of subject-matter jurisdiction over his federal claims. Our review is de novo. See Brunson v. Nichols, 875 F.3d 275, 277 (5th Cir. 2017).
The Rooker-Feldman doctrine applies to "cases brought by state-court losers complaining of injuries caused by state-court judgments rendered before the district court proceedings commenced and inviting district court review and rejection of those judgments." Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic-Indus. Corp., 544 U.S. 280, 284, 125 S.Ct. 1517, 161 L.Ed.2d 454 (2005). Because Falkenhorst's § 1983 suit sought to overturn the state-court judgment, the district court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over the § 1983 claims pursuant to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. See id. at 283-84, 291-92, 125 S.Ct. 1517; see also Bibbs v. Harris, 578 Fed.Appx. 448, 449 (5th Cir. 2014).
AFFIRMED; MOTIONS FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL, ORAL ARGUMENT, and INTERVENTION DENIED.
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.
. See Rooker v. Fid. Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413, 44 S.Ct. 149, 68 L.Ed. 362 (1923); D.C. Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462, 103 S.Ct. 1303, 75 L.Ed.2d 206 (1983).
. Although an unpublished opinion issued after January 1, 1996 is not controlling authori ty, it may be considered as persuasive authority. See Ballard v. Burton, 444 F.3d 391, 401 & n.7 (5th Cir. 2006); 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.