Justin D. Hawkins v. Kyya Galvin

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• holding that the Rooker-Feld- man doctrine did not preclude a claim for damages based on wrongdoing that had led to an erroneous judgment in a divorce proceeding
• noting that the where a complaint is confusing, a district court is “within its rights in dismissing it on that ground”
• noting that Rooker-Feldman does not apply to claims that a defendant “so far succeeded in corrupting the state judicial process as to obtain a favorable judgment”
• refusing to dismiss conspiracy allegations even though it was “highly improbable” that they had merit
• citing, inter alia, Daniels v. Williams, 474 U.S. 327, 330 (1986)
• “Federal pleading entitles a defendant to notice of the plaintiffs claim so that he can prepare responsive pleadings.”

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