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Parties Involved:
People of the State of California
Defendant
Shirley V. Remmert
Plaintiff

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHIRLEY V. REMMERT,

Plaintiff,

v.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA,

Defendant.

Case No. 18-cv-07560-HSG 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Plaintiff, an inmate at California Institute for Women, has filed the instant pro se action

appealing the California Supreme Court’s October 10, 2018 order in In re Remmert, C No. 

S250656, which denied her petition for review of the California appellate court’s denial of her 

request to represent herself on appeal. Dkt. No. 1. This Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to 

review the California Supreme Court’s decision. Lower federal courts are without subject matter 

jurisdiction to review state court decisions, and state court litigants may therefore only obtain 

federal review of a state court decision by filing a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme 

Court of the United States. See District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462, 

486–87 (1983); Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413, 416 (1923); Mothershed v. Justices, 

410 F.3d 602, 606 (9th Cir. 2005). Accordingly, this action is DISMISSED for lack of 

jurisdiction. All pending motions are DENIED as moot. The Clerk shall enter judgment in favor 

of Defendant and close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

______________________________________

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

United States District Judge

2/27/2019

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