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    The US Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Sharon Hughes Mendonca's case for the reasons stated in the district court's July 27, 1999 order. The appeals court also found that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, which holds that lower federal courts do not have authority to review state court judgments.

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    Filed: 1999-12-27 Precedential Status: Precedential Docket: 99-1905

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    The US Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Sharon Hughes Mendonca's case for the reasons stated in the district court's July 27, 1999 order. The appeals court also found that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, which holds that lower federal courts do not have authority to review state court judgments.

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    USCA1 Opinion

    [NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT]


    United States Court of Appeals
    For the First Circuit

    No. 99-1905

    SHARON HUGHES MENDONCA,

    Plaintiff, Appellant,

    v.

    AMY O'BRIEN WINTERSEN,

    Defendant, Appellee.

    APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

    FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

    [Hon. Edward F. Harrington, U.S. District Judge]

    Before

    Selya, Circuit Judge,


    Cyr, Senior Circuit Judge,
    and Lipez, Circuit Judge.

    Sharon Hughes Mendonca on brief pro se.


    Robin Aaronson Maher and Segalini & Neville on brief for
    appellee.

    December 27, 1999

    Per Curiam.

    After a thorough review of the record

    and the submissions of the parties, we affirm for the reason


    stated by the district court in its Order dated July 27, 1999.
    Furthermore, the district court also lacked subject matter
    jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine.

    See District

    of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462, 476


    (1983) ("[A] United States District Court has no authority to
    review final judgments of a state court in judicial
    proceedings."); Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413,
    415-16 (1923) (same).
    Affirmed.

    1st Cir. Loc. R. 27(c).

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