Gray, William T. v. Poole, Theisha

How courts have described this case

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• holding that Rooker-Feldman did not apply because the subject of the federal action — the legality of the defendants’ actions — was not at issue in the prior state action
• stating that the Court may “examine other pleadings to understand the 7 nature . . . of [the] pro se claims”
• noting that \[w]e must also examine other pleadings to understand the nature and basis of [plaintiff's] pro se claims\
• noting that when confronted with a motion to dismiss, a federal court may consider a pro se plaintiff’s supplemental filings, other than a formal complaint, in construing the litigant’s claims
• finding social worker’s recommendation that county initiate a neglect action entitled to qualified immunity
• Rooker-Feldman prohibits federal courts from “hearing cases that amount to the functional equivalent of an appeal from a state court”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).