USCA1 Opinion

          February 8, 1995
                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]


                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 94-1984 

                                   JANICE M. BERG,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                            STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, ET AL.,

                                Defendants, Appellees.


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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND


                    [Hon. Ronald R. Lagueux, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                            Cyr and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
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            Janice M. Berg on brief pro se.
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                      Per Curiam.   Plaintiff's action essentially sought
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            federal  court  review  of  state  family  court proceedings.

            Because  lower federal courts  do not  have the  authority to

            review  such   proceedings,  we   affirm  the  dismissal   of

            plaintiff's action.  Rooker  v. Fidelity Trust Co.,  263 U.S.
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            413, 415-16 (1923);  Lancellotti v. Fay, 909 F.2d 15, 17 (1st
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            Cir. 1990).  

                      Affirmed.
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