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ANDRE WILLIAMS, ) Plaintiff, i V. i Civil Action NO. 15-107 (UNA) JOAN CAMPBELL, JUDGE, 3 Defendant. ; MEMORANDUM OPINION

Plaintiff purports to bring this civil rights action under

against the Texas judge who presided over his criminal case. He claims that the judge violated rights protected under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution by closing the courtroom during jury selection and during a suppression hearing. While plaintiff demands no monetary damages, he demands a declaratory judgment, thereby inviting this Court to review the decisions of a state court judge. A federal district court has no authority to review the decisions of a state court. See Richardson v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals,

(DC. Cir. 1996) (citing District ofColumbia v. Feldman, 460 US. 462, 476 (1983) and Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 US. 413 (1923)). The Court will grant plaintiffs application to proceed in forma pauperis and dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. See

(e)(2)(B)(ii), 1915A(b)(2). An Order

consistent with this Memorandum Opinion is issued separately.