49 Cited authorities

Heck v. Humphrey
512 U.S. 477 (1994) Cited 30,259 times 25 Legal Analyses
Holding that a Section 1983 plaintiff may not seek damages for an allegedly unconstitutional conviction or sentence unless the conviction or sentence has been invalidated
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp.
544 U.S. 280 (2005) Cited 8,334 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars "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"
Wilkinson v. Dotson
544 U.S. 74 (2005) Cited 6,388 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding claims did not lie at "the core of habeas corpus" because "claims would not inevitably lead to release"
D.C. Court of Appeals v. Feldman
460 U.S. 462 (1983) Cited 10,869 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding plaintiffs’ claims that the state court acted arbitrarily and capriciously in denying plaintiffs’ petitions for waiver were inextricably intertwined with the state-court judgment denying their petitions
Hughes v. Rowe
449 U.S. 5 (1980) Cited 6,830 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that pleadings drafted by pro se litigants should be held to a lesser standard than those drafted by lawyers since "[a]n unrepresented litigant should not be punished for his failure to recognize subtle factual or legal deficiencies in his claims"
Nelson v. Campbell
541 U.S. 637 (2004) Cited 1,712 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that the challenge to the cut-down procedure to enable the lethal injection was properly brought under § 1983
Dist. Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial Dist. v. Osborne
557 U.S. 52 (2009) Cited 1,161 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that because a plaintiff did not have a liberty interest in state executive clemency, he therefore did not have an interest in "any procedures available to vindicate an interest in state clemency"
Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.
263 U.S. 413 (1923) Cited 10,057 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that federal suit was "merely an attempt to get rid of the judgment for alleged errors of law committed" by the state courts
Hoblock v. Albany County Bd. of Elections
422 F.3d 77 (2d Cir. 2005) Cited 1,264 times
Holding that "[w]here a state-court judgment causes the challenged third-party action, any challenge to that third-party action is necessarily the kind of challenge to the state judgment that" the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars
Savory v. Lyons
469 F.3d 667 (7th Cir. 2006) Cited 1,095 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that equitable tolling is appropriate "if plaintiff is unable to determine who caused his injury"
Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights
42 U.S.C. § 1983 Cited 504,154 times 706 Legal Analyses
Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation
Section 1915A - Screening
28 U.S.C. § 1915A Cited 109,425 times 3 Legal Analyses
Requiring district courts to screen "before docketing, if feasible," prisoner civil complaints
Section 1331 - Federal question
28 U.S.C. § 1331 Cited 100,547 times 139 Legal Analyses
Finding that in order to invoke federal question jurisdiction, a plaintiff's claims must arise "under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States."
Section 1988 - Proceedings in vindication of civil rights
42 U.S.C. § 1988 Cited 22,166 times 45 Legal Analyses
Finding that 28 U.S.C. § 1920 defines the term "costs" as used in Rule 54(d) and enumerates the expenses that a federal court may tax as a cost under the discretionary authority granted in Rule 54(d)
Section 1343 - Civil rights and elective franchise
28 U.S.C. § 1343 Cited 14,006 times 1 Legal Analyses
Granting district courts jurisdiction over "any civil action authorized by law"
Section 1738 - State and Territorial statutes and judicial proceedings; full faith and credit
28 U.S.C. § 1738 Cited 7,641 times 16 Legal Analyses
Referring to "[t]he Acts of the legislature" in the full faith and credit context
Section 64.03 - Requirements; Testing
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 64.03 Cited 617 times 1 Legal Analyses
Convicting court may order DNA testing only if it finds, among other things, that the convicted person establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that the request for DNA testing is not made to unreasonably delay the execution of sentence or administration of justice
Section 1919 - Dismissal for lack of jurisdiction
28 U.S.C. § 1919 Cited 256 times 1 Legal Analyses
Authorizing "payment of just costs" in any action or suit dismissed for lack of jurisdiction

Skinner vs Switzer

49 Cited authorities

Holding that a Section 1983 plaintiff may not seek damages for an allegedly unconstitutional conviction or sentence unless the conviction or sentence has been invalidated

Holding that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars "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"

Holding claims did not lie at "the core of habeas corpus" because "claims would not inevitably lead to release"

Holding plaintiffs’ claims that the state court acted arbitrarily and capriciously in denying plaintiffs’ petitions for waiver were inextricably intertwined with the state-court judgment denying their petitions

Holding that pleadings drafted by pro se litigants should be held to a lesser standard than those drafted by lawyers since "[a]n unrepresented litigant should not be punished for his failure to recognize subtle factual or legal deficiencies in his claims"

Holding that the challenge to the cut-down procedure to enable the lethal injection was properly brought under § 1983

Holding that because a plaintiff did not have a liberty interest in state executive clemency, he therefore did not have an interest in "any procedures available to vindicate an interest in state clemency"

Holding that federal suit was "merely an attempt to get rid of the judgment for alleged errors of law committed" by the state courts

Holding that "[w]here a state-court judgment causes the challenged third-party action, any challenge to that third-party action is necessarily the kind of challenge to the state judgment that" the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars

Holding that equitable tolling is appropriate "if plaintiff is unable to determine who caused his injury"

Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation

Requiring district courts to screen "before docketing, if feasible," prisoner civil complaints

Finding that in order to invoke federal question jurisdiction, a plaintiff's claims must arise "under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States."

Finding that 28 U.S.C. § 1920 defines the term "costs" as used in Rule 54(d) and enumerates the expenses that a federal court may tax as a cost under the discretionary authority granted in Rule 54(d)

Granting district courts jurisdiction over "any civil action authorized by law"

Referring to "[t]he Acts of the legislature" in the full faith and credit context

Convicting court may order DNA testing only if it finds, among other things, that the convicted person establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that the request for DNA testing is not made to unreasonably delay the execution of sentence or administration of justice

Authorizing "payment of just costs" in any action or suit dismissed for lack of jurisdiction