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Viola CUPPS, mother on behalf of Erica N. Bonell (Shepard) and Nathan E. Bonell, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of WASHINGTON, including but not limited to Department of Social and Health Services/Child Protective Services; Medical contracts and/or providers of services thereof; Attorney General’s Office; Office of Assigned Counsel; Juvenile Superior Court; Superior Court; and Human Rights Council, Defendant-Appellee.
    No. 00-35866.
    D.C. No. CV-00-05406-FDB.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted July 9, 2001.
    
    Decided July 20, 2001.
    Before KOZINSKI, T.G. NELSON, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Viola Cupps appeals pro se the dismissal of her action alleging fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and breach of fiduciary duty arising from a child custody and termination of parental rights proceeding in Washington state court. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

We review de novo a district court’s dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Murphey v. Lanier, 204 F.3d 911, 912 (9th Cir.2000). Dismissal was proper because Cupps’ complaint alleged that all parties were citizens of the same state and presented no federal question. See Audette v. Int’l Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen's Union, 195 F.3d 1107, 1111 (9th Cir.1999).

The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Cupps’ post-judgment motion for reconsideration and to amend her complaint. See Barber v. Hawaii, 42 F.3d 1185, 1198 (9th Cir.1994) (motion for reconsideration); Lindauer v. Rogers, 91 F.3d 1355, 1357 (9th Cir.1996) (post-judgment motion to amend).

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as may be provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.