NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 21 2017
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
TWYLA LaWANNA SHARON No. 16-15038
BOATLEY,
D.C. No. 2:15-cv-02148-DLR
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v. MEMORANDUM*
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF
ECONOMIC SECURITY, Department of
Child Safety,
Defendant-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Douglas L. Rayes, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted April 11, 2017**
Before: GOULD, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Twyla LaWanna Sharon Boatley appeals pro se from the district court’s
judgment dismissing her action alleging a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 671(a)(15). We
have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Noel v. Hall, 341
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
F.3d 1148, 1154 (9th Cir. 2003) (dismissal under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine);
Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir. 1998) (order). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Boatley’s claim under § 671(a)(15)
because “42 U.S.C. § 671(a)(15) neither confers an enforceable private right on its
beneficiaries nor creates an implied cause of action on their behalf.” Suter v. Artist
M., 503 U.S. 347, 364 (1992).
The district court properly dismissed Boatley’s challenge to the actions of
the Arizona “Superior Court Juvenile Court” for lack of subject matter jurisdiction
under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine because her challenge constituted a forbidden
“de facto appeal” of a prior, final state court judgment. See Noel, 341 F.3d at 1163
(“It is a forbidden de facto appeal under Rooker-Feldman when the plaintiff in
federal district court complains of a legal wrong allegedly committed by the state
court, and seeks relief from the judgment of that court.”).
We do not consider arguments and allegations raised for the first time on
appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).
AFFIRMED.
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