Estefania Reyes Sablan, Nicolas Blas Reyes, Juliana Reyes Lizama, Francisco Blas Reyes, Rosa Reyes Agulto v. Rita Reyes Santos

MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Rita Reyes Santos appeals from the judgment of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands awarding appellees a two-thirds interest in all payments made pursuant to an award of the Micronesian Claims Commission (the Commission). The question presented is whether this court or the three-judge appellate division of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands has jurisdiction over an appeal from a decision of the district court rendered with respect to a question of local, rather than federal, law. We hold that this court is without jurisdiction…