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MARKS v. TENNESSEE

No. 08-5042.

554 F.3d 619 (2009)

Robert C. MARKS, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of TENNESSEE and the Administrative Office of the State Courts, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 10, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Robert C. Marks, Sr., Spring Hill, Tennessee, for Appellant. David E. Coenen, Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before BATCHELDER, CLAY, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

Robert Marks appeals a district court order that dismissed his complaint for lack of jurisdiction on the basis of Rooker-Feldman. For the reasons that follow, we REVERSE and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

I.

Marks claims that during the litigation in state court of an attorney malpractice case in which he was the defendant, the State of Tennessee (i.e., a trial...

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