USCA1 Opinion

June 8, 1992

[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

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No. 92-1492
ALFREDO HUALDE-REDIN, MARIA
SUSANA COSTA AND THE LEGAL
CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP
CONSTITUTED BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES,
Plaintiffs, Appellants,
v.
ISMAEL BETANCOURT, SUPERINTENDENT
OF POLICE, ET AL.,
Defendants, Appellees.
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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO
[Hon. Carmen Consuelo Cerezo, U.S. District Judge]
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Before
Breyer, Chief Judge,
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Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge,
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and Cyr, Circuit Judge.
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Alfredo Hualde-Redin on brief pro se.
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Maria Susana Costa on brief pro se.
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Per Curiam.
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We read

plaintiffs' rather conclusory

and rambling allegations, along

submitted, to claim

with the documents they have

the following.

Hualde, citizens of Argentina,

"stolen"

from them.

filed an action in
collection
superior

of

Inc. was not

entered

Mr. and Mrs.

This

Varaderos de

claimed

judge that

the boat, but

and the

Mrs.

Hualde for

Plaintiffs

defendant Varaderos

Mr. Hualde,

execution of the judgment.

owed.

told

the

de Fajardo,

a default
boat was

boat was

Fajardo, Inc.

Puerto Rico court against Mr.

entitled to

against

owned a boat.

Defendant

money

court

Plaintiffs

judgment

attached in

Hualde, a part owner of the

boat,

was

Plaintiffs
based

not

party

sought

on the

to

to have

"theft" of

the

superior

criminal

the present

action.

proceedings instituted

their sailboat,

Plaintiffs then instituted

court

but to

no avail.

civil rights

action

against the superintendent of police, various police officers

who

had refused

theft, Varaderos

to

assist with

de Fajardo, Inc., the

who entered the default

They

claimed

plaintiffs' complaints

that

discriminated against

superior court judge

judgment, and various other persons.

the

courts,

police,

them and denied them

and

property (boat) without

others

equal protection

because of their nationality and that they had been

of their

of

due process.

deprived

They sought

damages, return of their boat, and declaratory and injunctive

relief staying the confiscation of their boat.

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We agree with
action

is in effect a

judgment which
Lower

federal

the district court that

collateral attack on

authorized an execution
courts

lack

plaintiffs'

the state court

on plaintiffs' boat.

jurisdiction

to

review

constitutional

or

other

challenges

to

such

District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman,

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462, 485-86 (1983);

judgments.
460 U.S.

Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263

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413 (1923); Lancellotti

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v. Fay,
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1990).
Affirmed.
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909 F.2d 15,

17 (1st

U.S.
Cir.