Case Name: Leland W. JACOBS, Appellant, v. GEAR PROPERTIES; Bonnie Gear, individually, doing business as Gear Properties; Alan Gear, individually, doing business as Gear Properties, Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-02-02
Citations: 2 F. App'x 617
Docket Number: No. 00-1257MN
Parties: Leland W. JACOBS, Appellant, v. GEAR PROPERTIES; Bonnie Gear, individually, doing business as Gear Properties; Alan Gear, individually, doing business as Gear Properties, Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 2
Pages: 617–618

Head Matter:
Leland W. JACOBS, Appellant, v. GEAR PROPERTIES; Bonnie Gear, individually, doing business as Gear Properties; Alan Gear, individually, doing business as Gear Properties, Appellees.
No. 00-1257MN.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 22, 2001.
Decided Feb. 2, 2001.
Before MCMILLIAN, RICHARD S. ARNOLD, and FAGG, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Leland W. Jacobs appeals the District Court's dismissal of his civil rights action, in which he claimed that defendants evicted him from his apartment for a discriminatory or retaliatory reason. Plaintiffs eviction occurred after defendants prevailed in their state court unlawful detain-er action against him. After de novo review, see Lemonds v. St. Louis County, 222 F.3d 488, 492 (8th Cir.2000), we conclude the District Court properly dismissed plaintiffs action, as it lacked subject matter jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. See Charchenko v. City of Stillwater, 47 F.3d 981, 983 (8th Cir.1995) (Rooker-Feldman precludes federal claims if relief requested would effectively reverse state court decision or void its ruling).
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable David S. Doty, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.
. Gear Props. v. Jacobs, No. C1-97-2266, 1998 WL 550762 (Minn.Ct.App. Sept.l, 1998) (unpublished decision).
. Rooker v. Fid. Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413, 44 S.Ct. 149, 68 L.Ed. 362 (1923); Dist. of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462, 103 S.Ct. 1303, 75 L.Ed.2d 206 (1983).