United States First Circuit

Dismissal of due process and equal protection claims against various defendants arising out of a dispute over the existence, location, and characteristics of a common fire corridor across plaintiff's allegedly private terrace is affirmed where the district court did not have jurisdiction to review injuries allegedly caused by state-court judgments because of the Rooker-Feldman doctrine.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/12/2006
• Published 12/12/2006

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, BALDOCK, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• 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.


• For Appellees:
  
• 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.