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Case: 22-20139        Document: 00516804993             Page: 1      Date Filed: 06/29/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit

                                     ____________                                      FILED
                                                                                     June 29, 2023
                                       No. 22-20139
                                                                                     Lyle W. Cayce
                                     ____________                                         Clerk

   Marvinell Harlan,

                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                            versus

   Texas Workforce Commission; Appeal Tribunal Hearing
   Officer J. Koehn; Hearing Officer J. Lawrence;
   Commissioners Hope Andrade; Andres Alcantar,

                                              Defendants—Appellees.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Southern District of Texas
                              USDC No. 4:21-CV-3719
                     ______________________________

   Before Higginbotham, Graves, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Marvinell Harlan appeals the district court’s dismissal of her civil
   action against the Texas Workforce Commission and various officials with
   that agency. Harlan’s action followed her unsuccessful litigation in state
   court regarding the termination of unemployment benefits. The district
   court liberally construed Harlan’s pleadings as raising claims for injunctive
         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-20139     Document: 00516804993           Page: 2   Date Filed: 06/29/2023

                                    No. 22-20139

   relief and damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violating the Fourteenth
   Amendment. However, the district court found that it lacked subject matter
   jurisdiction to consider Harlan’s claims because they were barred by the
   Eleventh Amendment and the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, and it dismissed
   with prejudice. This court has considered this appeal on the basis of the
   briefs, record and applicable law in this matter. Having done so, the order of
   the district court is AFFIRMED.

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