Case Name: Nora Z. RAMOS, Antonietta Maglipon, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Arthur W. LONSCHEIN, as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens, James Grayshaw, as Judge of the Housing Court, Civil Court of the City of New York, County of Queens, Jack Baer, Chief Clerk of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Vincent Sampieri, Burton Ritter, Defendants-Appellants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-09-30
Citations: 109 F. App'x 479
Docket Number: No. 03-7966-CV
Parties: Nora Z. RAMOS, Antonietta Maglipon, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Arthur W. LONSCHEIN, as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens, James Grayshaw, as Judge of the Housing Court, Civil Court of the City of New York, County of Queens, Jack Baer, Chief Clerk of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Vincent Sampieri, Burton Ritter, Defendants-Appellants.
Judges: Present: FEINBERG, CARDAMONE, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 109
Pages: 479–480

Head Matter:
Nora Z. RAMOS, Antonietta Maglipon, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Arthur W. LONSCHEIN, as Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens, James Grayshaw, as Judge of the Housing Court, Civil Court of the City of New York, County of Queens, Jack Baer, Chief Clerk of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Vincent Sampieri, Burton Ritter, Defendants-Appellants.
No. 03-7966-CV.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Sept. 30, 2004.
Nora Z. Ramos, Antonietta Maglipon, Woodside, New York, for Appellants, pro se.
Marion R. Buchbinder, Senior Assistant Solicitor General, Carol Fischer, Assistant Solicitor General, for Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, New York, for Appellees, of counsel.
Present: FEINBERG, CARDAMONE, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Plaintiffs-Appellants Nora Z. Ramos and Antonietta Maglipon, pro se, appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Dearie, J.), dismissing their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) for lack of jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. Familiarity is assumed as to the facts, the procedural context, and the specification of appellate issues.
We review de novo the district court's determination that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction. See Rivers v. McLeod, 252 F.3d 99, 101 (2d Cir.2001). "A plaintiff asserting subject matter jurisdiction has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that it exists." Makarova v. United States, 201 F.3d 110, 113 (2d Cir.2000).
The Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars not only claims that involve direct review of a state court decision, but also claims, as those here, which are "inextricably intertwined" with a state court decision. Vargas v. City of New York, 377 F.3d 200, 205 (2d Cir.2004). It is clear that the Plaintiffs-Appellants impermissibly seek review of decisions of various state court judges. See Hachamovitch v. DeBuono, 159 F.3d 687, 694 (2d Cir.1998) (a "federal claim is inextricably intertwined with the state-court judgment if the federal claim succeeds only to the extent that the state court wrongly decided the issues before it") (quoting Pennzoil Co. v. Texaco, Inc., 481 U.S. 1, 25, 107 S.Ct. 1519, 95 L.Ed.2d 1 (1987) (Marshall, J., concurring)).
For these reasons, the judgment of the District Court is hereby AFFIRMED.