Campisi v. Maffeo

Opinion

USCA1 Opinion

September 15, 1995

                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT


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No. 95-1572 



                                  CONSTANCE CAMPISI,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                           ANGELA C. MAFFEO, ETC., ET AL.,



                                Defendants, Appellees.


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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



                     [Hon. William G. Young, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Cyr, Boudin and Lynch,

                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Constance Campisi on brief pro se.
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            Antonette S.  Fernandez, William H.  Carroll and  Dillon & Carroll
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        on brief for appellee Angela C. Maffeo, Trustee.

            Timothy E. Sterritt on brief for appellee Alphonse A. Scott.
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Per Curiam.  The district court correctly dismissed
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            plaintiff's  action for lack of federal jurisdiction.  To the



            extent  plaintiff wanted  the  district court  to review  the



            correctness  of the state court decisions, plaintiff's action



            was  properly  dismissed  because lower  federal  courts lack



            jurisdiction  to review  state  court judgments.   Rooker  v.
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            Fidelity Trust  Co.,  263  U.S. 413  (1923).  To  the  extent
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            plaintiff wanted the district court to hear and determine the



            merits  of  her  controversies  with  defendants   and  their



            predecessors  in title,  the  action was  properly  dismissed



            because  plaintiff's disputes, as described in her complaint,



            amended  complaint, and  other papers,  are not  the type  of



            matters over which federal courts have jurisdiction.
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                      Affirmed.
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