Judge Edgardo Ramos
Asserting improper service of necessary notices and Capital One’s lack of standing due to failure to show proof that it owned the note underlying their mortgage, plaintiffs Scott and Mason sought to invalidate state court’s judgment of foreclosure. Plaintiffs also sought an order declaring title and ownership back to themfollowing their home’s sale at a Jan. 11, 2011, foreclosure auction and referee’s deed to the auction’s successful bidderand preventing their eviction. Instructed by Hinds v. Option One Mortg., district court found plaintiffs’ action barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, which provides that federal district courts lack jurisdiction over lawsuits that are, in substance, appeals from state court judgments. Plaintiffs did not assert a single allegation supporting their claim that the issues of law included the Truth in Lending Act, Homeownership and Equity Protection Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Fair Housing Act and Consumer Fraud Act. In finding the four requirements for application of the Rooker-Feldman doctrine satisfied, the court determined plaintiffs clearly complained of an injury caused by the foreclosure judgment and sought the court’s impermissible review of the state foreclosure action.