Mendonca v. Wintersen ( 1999 )

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       [NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT]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).