WALKER v. NEW YORK

No. 03-CV-4490 (DRH)(ETB).

345 F.Supp.2d 283 (2004)

Stephen J. WALKER, Plaintiff, v. State of NEW YORK, New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Sandra C. Walker, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

November 22, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Varble, Shoreham, NY, for Plaintiff.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General for the State of New York, by Susan M. Connolly, Assistant Attorney General, Happauge, NY, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HURLEY, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Stephen J. Walker challenges the constitutionality of a New York law allowing the issuance of pendente lite awards of child support and spousal maintenance in divorce proceedings. The defendants (collectively, "the State") have moved to dismiss the complaint. As explained more fully herein, because the "Rooker-Feldman Doctrine" bars jurisdiction over...

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