Court Opinion

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FILED

UNITED STATES DISTRICT CoURT FEB ~ 5 2013
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v. j civil A@rion No. 13 ()148
State of Maryland et al ., j
Respondents. §

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This matter is before the Court on review of the pro se petition for a writ of mandamus
and application to proceed in forma pauperis The Court will grant petitioner’s application to
proceed in forma pauperis and will dismiss this action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. See
Fed. R. Civ. P. l2(h)(3) (requiring the court to dismiss an action "at any time" it determines that
subject matter jurisdiction is wanting).

Petitioner, a Maryland resident, seeks a writ to compel Chief Judge Ben C. Clybum of the
District Court of Maryland, "and/or Sheila R. Tillerson Adams," Administrative Judge of Prince
George’s County, Maryland, Circuit Court, to enforce a default judgment allegedly "filed on
October 3 l, 2012 as the Writ of Discovery submitted was not honored." Pet. at 2. Jurisdiction is
wanting because the extraordinary writ of mandamus is available to compel an "officer or
employee of the United States or any agency thereof to perform a duty owed to plaintiff," 28
U.S.C. § l36l, not the state actors listed in the instant petition. In addition, this Court lacks
subject matter jurisdiction to review the decisions of a state court and, therefore, carmot compel

enforcement of a state court judgment. See 28 U.SN.C. §§ 1331, 1332 (general jurisdictional
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provisions); Flerning v. United States, 847 F. Supp. 170, 172 (D.D.C. 1994), cert. denied 513
U.S. 1150 (1995) (citing District of Coliulrnbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462, 482

(1983); Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413, 415, 416 (1923)). A separate order of

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dismissal accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.