Brenes v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• stating that, prior to class certification, if named plaintiff's claim has been dismissed, claim cannot proceed on behalf of class
• stating that “identity of the defendants is not required under Rooker-Feldman” because the doctrine “only requires identity of the party against whom the doctrine is being invoked”
• dismissing class claim where individual claims had been dismissed pre- certification
• “Because no class has been certified here, if [plaintiff’s] claim fails, the entire action must be dismissed.” (citing Bd. of Sch. Comm’rs v. Jacobs, 420 U.S. 128, 129–30 (1975))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).