IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

_____________________

No. 97-30281 Summary Calendar _____________________

NEW SUNLIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs,

NEW SUNLIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

STATE OF LOUISIANA, through its Judiciary Branch, ET AL.,

Defendants,

14TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, ET AL.,

Defendants-Appellees. _________________________________________________________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana USDC No. 97-CV-312 _________________________________________________________________ January 12, 1998 Before JOLLY, BENAVIDES, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

New Sunlight Baptist Church appeals the dismissal of its case

for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted,

pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). It argues that the district

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. court erred in concluding that state judicial officers are immune

from suits seeking injunctive relief. It further argues that the

district court erred in determining that the excommunicated members

of the church had not violated the church’s rights under the First

Amendment because their resort to the state courts did not amount

to state action.

The district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to

entertain these claims due to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. See

Liedtke v. State Bar of Texas,

(5th Cir. 1994).

A F F I R M E D.

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