Case Name: Eugene J. KERNAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIVISION OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, a Title IV(d) federal agency, et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-07-29
Citations: 70 F. App'x 481
Docket Number: No. 02-16200; D.C. No. CV-01-01746-SMM/SLV
Parties: Eugene J. KERNAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIVISION OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, a Title IV(d) federal agency, et al., Defendants—Appellees.
Judges: Before LEAVY, HAWKINS and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 70
Pages: 481–482

Head Matter:
Eugene J. KERNAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIVISION OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, a Title IV(d) federal agency, et al., Defendants—Appellees.
No. 02-16200.
D.C. No. CV-01-01746-SMM/SLV.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 21, 2003.
Decided July 29, 2003.
Before LEAVY, HAWKINS and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Eugene J. Kernan appeals pro se the district court's Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the Division of Child Support Enforcement and numerous individual defendants. The claims in Kernan's complaint are inextricably intertwined with Arizona state court child support proceedings. The district court did not err in dismissing Kernan's action because under the Rook-er-Feldman doctrine federal district courts lack authority to review state court decisions. District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462, 486-87, 103 S.Ct. 1303, 75 L.Ed.2d 206 (1983); Doe & Assocs. Law Offices v. Napolitano, 252 F.3d 1026, 1029 (9th Cir.2001). Kernan's remaining contentions lack merit.
AFFIRMED.
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