Reginald Chapman v. Eileen O'Neill Burke

Summary

The court held that Chapman has standing to challenge Illinois's post-conviction DNA-testing statute because his alleged denial of access to evidence is fairly traceable to Burke, who controls access to that evidence, and is redressable through the requested relief. It also held that Rooker-Feldman does not bar his facial constitutional challenge because the alleged injury arises from the statute, not from the state-court judgment itself, and the federal complaint does not seek review or reversal of that judgment. The court reversed the jurisdictional dismissal and remanded for further proceedings.