Case Name: Marina READ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Denise DE BELLEFEUILLE; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-05-29
Citations: 577 F. App'x 647
Docket Number: No. 12-56223
Parties: Marina READ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Denise DE BELLEFEUILLE; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: CLIFTON, BEA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 577
Pages: 647–648

Head Matter:
Marina READ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Denise DE BELLEFEUILLE; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 12-56223.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 13, 2014.
Filed May 29, 2014.
Marina Read, Goleta, CA, pro se.
Kevin Michael McCormick, Benton, Orr, Duval & Buckingham, Ventura, CA, Heidi Christine Thorson, Litigation Counsel, Gabrielle Brigitte Janssens, Deputy County Counsel, Santa Barbara, CA, Robert James Jackson, Robert J. Jackson & Associates, Inc., Irvine, CA, Jonathan D. Fink, Magdalena D. Kozinska, Esquire, Wright, Finlay & Zak, LLP, Newport Beach, CA, Jack M. Lapedis, Esquire, Gaglione, Dolan & Kaplan, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: CLIFTON, BEA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Marina Read appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing her action arising out of foreclosure proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, Noel v. Hall, 341 F.3d 1148, 1154 (9th Cir.2003), and we affirm.
The district court properly concluded that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine over Read's claims which amounted to a forbidden "de facto appeal" of a state court judgment and raised claims that were "inextricably intertwined" with that state court judgment. Id. at 1163-65 (discussing Rooker-Feldman doctrine); see also Henrichs v. Valley View Dev., 474 F.3d 609, 616 (9th Cir.2007) (Rooker-Feldman doctrine barred plaintiffs claim because alleged legal injuries arose from the "state court's purportedly erroneous judgment" and the relief sought "would require the district court to determine that the state court's decision was wrong and thus void").
The district court did not abuse its discretion by dismissing Read's action without leave to amend because Read cannot correct the defects in her complaint. See Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1130-31 (9th Cir.2000) (en banc) (setting forth standard of review and explaining that leave to amend should be given unless the deficien cies in the complaint cannot be cured by-amendment).
Read's contentions that she was denied her right to discovery and to a jury trial, and that the district court did not take her allegations as true, are unpersuasive.
We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n. 2 (9th Cir.2009) (per curiam).
Timm Delaney's and Piekford Real Estate, Inc.'s request for joinder and incorporation by reference contained in their answering brief is granted.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.