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KIRBY v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

Civ. A. No. 94-CV-2627.

905 F.Supp. 222 (1995)

Dennis KIRBY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

September 29, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Martin Herring, A. Martin Herring & Assoc., Philadelphia, PA, Richard Kirschner, Richard Kirschner & Associates, Washington, DC and Deanna Kaplan Tanner, Herring and Herring, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiffs.

Anne Barden, City of Philadelphia Law Dept., Philadelphia, PA, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 for an alleged violation of their constitutional right to equal protection. I hold that plaintiffs' case is in essence a disguised appeal from state court and therefore dismiss it in accordance with the Rooker-Feldman doctrine.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs are former City of Philadelphia police officers who...

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