Lefcourt

MEMORANDUM

V. Roy Lefcourt appeals the district court’s order dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the Superior Court for the County of San Francisco and Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer. The district court ruled that it lacked jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, which precludes federal court review of state court decisions. Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural history of the case, we do not recount it here except as necessary to explain our decision.

As courts of original rather than appellate jurisdiction, federal district courts have no authority to review the final determinations of a state court in judicial proceedings. This is true even when a challenge alleges that the state court’s action itself was unconstitutional. District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462, 486 , 103 S.Ct. 1303 , 75 L.Ed.2d 206 (1983); Worldwide Church of God v. McNair, 805 F.2d 888, 890 (9th Cir.1986). Accordingly, Lefcourt is barred from seeking what in substance would be appellate review in a United States district court of a state court’s judgment. Worldwide Church of God, 805 F.2d at…