UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

TENTH CIRCUIT

RAUL CHAVEZ,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

COUNTY OF BOULDER; CHRISTINE HIGHMAN; VIRGINIA CREE; BOULDER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES,

Defendants-Appellees.

No. 03-1316

(District of Colorado)

(D.C. No. 03-M-40 (CBS))

ORDER AND JUDGMENT*

Before SEYMOUR, MURPHY, and O'BRIEN, Circuit Judges.

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.

Raul Chavez appeals the district court's dismissal of his civil rights complaint. In his complaint, Chavez sought relief from state court orders requiring him to pay foster care fees and from a wage garnishment for the payment of such fees. The state court order to pay foster care fees was made pursuant to Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 19-1-115(4)(d) and 19-2-114, to defray the costs associated with the granting of temporary custody of Chavez's two minor sons to Boulder County Social Services following delinquency proceedings. The district court dismissed Chavez's complaint pursuant to Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413 (1923) and District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462 (1983), noting that under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, it had no jurisdiction to review the state court orders placed at issue by Chavez's complaint.

Upon review of the district court's order, the parties' briefs and contentions on appeal, and the entire appellate record, this court AFFIRMS for substantially those reasons set out in the district court's order of dismissal dated June 12, 2003.

ENTERED FOR THE COURT

Michael R. Murphy

Circuit Judge