Case Name: Joseph F. NASCIMENTO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Patricia COTTER; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-09-15
Citations: 150 F. App'x 593
Docket Number: No. 05-15200; D.C. No. CV-04-00302-JCM
Parties: Joseph F. NASCIMENTO, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Patricia COTTER; et al., Defendants—Appellees.
Judges: Before REINHARDT, RYMER, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 150
Pages: 593–594

Head Matter:
Joseph F. NASCIMENTO, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Patricia COTTER; et al., Defendants—Appellees.
No. 05-15200.
D.C. No. CV-04-00302-JCM.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 12, 2005.
Decided Sept. 15, 2005.
Joseph F. Nascimento, Las Vegas, NV, pro se.
James R. Olson, Thomas D. Dillard, Jr., Rawlings Olson Cannon Gormley & Desruisseaux, Las Vegas, NV, for DefendantsAppellees.
Before REINHARDT, RYMER, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Joseph F. Nascimento appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against five Montana Supreme Court Justices and the Clerk of the Montana Supreme Court in connection with his suspension from the practice of law in Montana. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
The district court dismissed Nascimento's complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction, lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, and improper venue. We agree that general personal jurisdiction is lacking because defendants did not "engage in continuous and systematic general business contacts that approximate physical presence in the forum state," and that specific personal jurisdiction is lacking because defendants did not commit "an intentional act . expressly aimed at the forum state . causing harm that defendant knows is likely to be suffered in the forum state." Schwarzenegger v. Fred Martin Motor Company, 374 F.3d 797, 801, 803 (9th Cir. 2004) (setting forth the requirements for general and specific personal jurisdiction) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted). Accordingly, we need not, and do not, reach the issues of subject matter jurisdiction or venue.
AFFIRMED.
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