USCA1 Opinion
[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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No. 96-1286
JOSEPH P. DICICCO,
Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
EARL A. BONSEY, ET AL.,
Defendants, Appellees.
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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE
[Hon. Morton A. Brody, U.S. District Judge] ___________________
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Before
Selya, Cyr and Boudin,
Circuit Judges. ______________
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Joseph P. DiCicco on brief pro se. _________________
Carl F. Rella, Julie D. Jenkins and Rella, Dostie & Tucker, P.A., _____________ ________________ ____________________________
on brief for appellee Robert Tremblay.
James M. Bowie and Thompson & Bowie on brief for appellee Sandra ______________ ________________
Hylander-Collier.
Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, and Paul Stern, Assistant _______________ __________
Attorney General, on brief for appellees Justices Roberts and Smith.
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August 27, 1996
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Per Curiam. Upon careful review of the briefs and __________
record, we conclude that the district court properly
dismissed appellant's complaint, essentially for the reasons
stated by the magistrate judge and the district court. We
add only the following comments.
Contrary to appellant's arguments, we perceive no
error in the dismissal of appellant's claims against the
Maine state court judges. Those claims were inextricably
intertwined with review of the state court proceedings, and
so the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to
consider them. See District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. ___ _____________________________________
Feldman, 460 U.S. 462, 476 (1983); Rooker v. Fidelity Trust _______ ______ ______________
Co., 263 U.S. 413, 415-16 (1923); Lancellotti v. Fay, 909 ___ ___________ ___
F.2d 15, 17 (1st Cir. 1990).
Further, we perceive no abuse of discretion in the
district court's decision to dismiss appellant's remaining
state claims, after his federal claims were dismissed. See ___
28 U.S.C. 1367(c)(3); see also 28 U.S.C. 1367(d). ________
Affirmed. See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1. ________ ___
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