Supreme Court Rejects Maryland Woman's Challenge to Involuntary Hospitalization Under Rooker-Feldman Doctrine

The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, ruled against a Maryland woman who sought federal review of her involuntary hospitalization, applying the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. This doctrine bars lower federal courts from reviewing state court judgments. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing for the majority, stated that the case fit the "paradigm situation" for the doctrine's application.