Legal Opinion
Alwyn v. Duval
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 7, 2001No. 01-1270PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge.
Michael and Simone-Alys Alwyn appeal from the dismissal of their civil rights action against two Concord police officers, filed in June of Í999 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The appellants first claimed that Officer John Duval and Lieutenant Michael Russell violated their constitutional rights by making misrepresentations about the condition of their apartment, which resulted in the appellants temporarily losing custody of their children. The district court dismissed this claim for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. Second,…
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