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CHAPMAN v. OKLAHOMA

No. 06-5064.

472 F.3d 747 (2006)

Raymond G. CHAPMAN, individually, and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of OKLAHOMA; W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General; Brad Henry, Governor; Joseph M. Watt, Chief Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 19, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on the briefs:* Raymond G. Chapman, Pro Se.

Gregory Thomas Metcalfe, Assistant Attorney General, Oklahoma Attorney General's Office, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TYMKOVICH, ANDERSON, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.

TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Raymond G. Chapman appeals from the dismissal of his amended complaint for lack of jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine.1 We conclude that even though federal jurisdiction is not barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, jurisdiction is barred by the Younger abstention doctrine.2 We therefore affirm the district court's dismissal but remand for...

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