Owen v. District Court of Sedgwick County, Kansas et al

Filing 14

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER adopting 12 Report and Recommendations. The plaintiff's case is dismissed without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)(3). Signed by District Judge J. Thomas Marten on 07/27/2017. (aa)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS
TERESA ANN OWEN,
Plaintiff,
v.
Case No. 17-1036-JTM-GEB
DISTRICT COURT OF SEDGWICK
COUNTY, 18th JUDICIAL DISTRICT, et al.,
Defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT
AND RECOMMENDATION
This matter comes before the court on the Magistrate Judge’s Report and
Recommendation (“R&R”), filed June 9, 2017 (Dkt. 12), recommending that the court
dismiss plaintiff’s case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Fed. R. Civ. P.
12(h)(3). The Magistrate Judge notified plaintiff of her ability to file objections and
further instructed her that by failing to file objections within 14 days after being served
the R&R, she waived appellate review of both factual and legal questions. Id. at 6.
Plaintiff was served on June 27, 2017, and more than 14 days have passed.1 To date,
plaintiff has filed no objections.
The court has reviewed the R&R, and finds that the Magistrate Judge fully and
accurately considered plaintiff’s claims and governing legal authority. The court agrees
that both the domestic relations exception and Rooker-Feldman doctrine deprive the
court of jurisdiction to overturn the state court’s child custody order. The court adopts
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Plaintiff’s husband, David Owen, signed the certified mail receipt on June 27, 2017. (Dkt. 13).

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the R&R and dismisses plaintiff’s case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to
Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)(3).
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED this 27th day of July, 2017, that plaintiff’s case is
dismissed without prejudice.

s/ J. Thomas Marten
J. Thomas Marten, Judge

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