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    This document is a summary of a US Court of Appeals case. The three judge panel affirmed the district court's decision on the grounds that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to review a final judgment of a state court. The panel conducted a thorough review of the record and submissions of the parties and cited prior Supreme Court cases establishing that district courts do not have authority to review final state court judgments.

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    This document is a summary of a US Court of Appeals case. The three judge panel affirmed the district court's decision on the grounds that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to review a final judgment of a state court. The panel conducted a thorough review of the record and submissions of the parties and cited prior Supreme Court cases establishing that district courts do not have authority to review final 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    [NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT]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. 99-1879

    CRISANTO MENDONCA,

    Plaintiff, Appellant,

    v.

    JOSEPH MEDEIROS, JAMES KILDUFF, INC.,

    Defendants, Appellees.

    APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

    FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

    [Hon. Patti B. Saris, U.S. District Judge]

    Before

    Selya, Circuit Judge,


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

    Crisanto Mendonca on brief pro se.


    Michelle A. Matusewicz and Law Offices of Lawrence F.
    McAuliffe on brief for appellees.

    December 23, 1999

    Per Curiam.

    After a thorough review of the record

    and the submissions of the parties, we affirm on the ground


    that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction.
    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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