Smith v. Woods ( 2021 )

Case: 20-30480 Document: 00515948250 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/22/2021
United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
No. 20-30480 July 22, 2021
Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
Donna M. Smith,
Plaintiff—Appellant,
versus
Regina Woods, Officially and Individually; Monique E.
Barial, Officially and Individually; Bernadette
D'Souza, Officially; Melvin C. Zeno, Officially and
Individually; Chanel R. Debose, Individually; Thomas
Ussin Brown, Individually; Law Office of Chanel R.
Debose; Sharry I. Sandler, Individually; Law Office of
Sharry I. Sandler; Gordon S. Patton, Individually,
Defendants—Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Louisiana
USDC No. 2:19-CV-14779
Before Higginbotham, Jones, and Costa, Circuit Judges.
Case: 20-30480 Document: 00515948250 Page: 2 Date Filed: 07/22/2021
No. 20-30480
Per Curiam:*
Donna Smith appeals the dismissal of her claims brought under a
variety of legal theories, seeking to redress alleged wrongs arising from her
divorce proceedings in Louisiana state court. The district court dismissed
Smith’s federal claims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the
Rooker-Feldman doctrine and declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction
over Smith’s remaining state law claims. 1 In her briefs, Smith reasserts many
of the allegations in her complaint, but she fails to offer a reasoned argument
for how the district court erred in concluding that it lacked jurisdiction over
her claims. Our independent assessment of the district court’s ruling reveals
no error in that conclusion. 2 We affirm.
*
Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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 Circuit Rule 47.5.4.
1
See Rooker v. Fid. Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413 (1923); D.C. Court of Appeals v. Feldman,
460 U.S. 462 (1983).
2
See Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Indus. Corp., 544 U.S. 280, 284 (2005).
2