DAVISON v. GOVERNMENT OF PUERTO RICO

No. 06-1613.

471 F.3d 220 (2006)

JAMES W. DAVISON, M.D., ANA VICTORIA DAVISON, and THE CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP FORMED BY THEIR MARRIAGE, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. THE GOVERNMENT OF PUERTO RICO — PUERTO RICO FIREFIGHTERS CORPS; GERMÁN OCASIO-MORALES, in his individual capacity and as the Fire Chief of the Puerto Rico Firefighters Corps; FULANA DE TAL, his wife; and THE CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP FORMED BY THE MARRIAGE OF GERMÁN OCASIO AND FULANA DE TAL; THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION (Junta de Titulares) OF THE BELÉN CONDOMINIUM; THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BELÉN CONDOMINIUM, and VÍCTOR RODRÍGUEZ, in his individual capacity and as the Administrator for the Board of Directors of the Belén Condominium, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart A. Weinstein-Bacal, with whom Peter W. Miller, José A. Cabiya-Morales and Weinstein-Bacal & Miller, P.S.C. were on brief, for appellants.

Leticia Casalduc-Rabell, Assistant Solicitor General, Department of Justice, with whom Salvador J. Antonetti-Stutts, Solicitor General, Mariana Negrón-Vargas, Deputy Solicitor General, Maite D. Oronoz-Rodríguez were on brief, for appellees The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Firefighters Corps and Germán Ocasio-Morales, in his official and individual capacity.

Saulo Abad Vélez-Ríos, with whom Saulo A. Vélez-Ríos Law Office was on brief, for appellees The Homeowners Association of the Belén Condominium, The Board of Directors of the Belén Condominium, and Víctor Rodríguez, in his individual capacity and as the Administrator for the Board of Directors of the Belén Condominium.

Before Torruella, Circuit Judge, Baldock, Senior Circuit Judge, and Howard, Circuit Judge.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants James W. Davison, his wife, Ana Victoria Davison, and the conjugal partnership formed by their marriage (collectively "Plaintiffs") appeal the district court's dismissal of their due process and equal protection claims against the various defendants for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm the district court's decision that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine deprives the...

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