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104 F. App'x 439

Acevedo v. Schramm

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided August 17, 2004

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U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2004-08-17

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently August 2013

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman · Howard v. King · Hale v. Harney

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Decided 2004-08-17

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PER CURIAM: *

¶1 Janet Acevedo appeals the district court’s dismissal as frivolous of her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint, which alleged that the defendants conspired under color of state law to deprive her of her property and due process rights. They allegedly did so by having a writ of possession entered in a state court civil proceeding, which canceled her deed and possession to property located in San Antonio, Texas. We review the dismissal as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e) for an abuse of discretion. Graves v. Hampton, 1 F.3d 315, 317 (5th Cir.1993).

¶2 Although Acevedo argues that the actions of the defendants in executing the state court judgment were ex parte and attributable to state action, her claims are unmistakably a challenge to the state court judgment, which awarded the writ of possession with respect to the property in question. Moreover, the Texas appellate court has already held that the writ of possession was a proper award by the trial court in the state court proceeding. See Acevedo v. Stiles, No. 04-02-00077-CV, 2003 WL 21010604 (Tex.App. May 7, 2003).

¶3 “[Ljitigants may not obtain review of state court actions by filing complaints about those actions in lower federal courts cast in the form of civil rights suits.” Hale v. Harney, 786 F.2d 688, 691 (5th Cir.1986); see District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462, 482 n. 16, 103 S.Ct. 1303, 75 L.Ed.2d 206 (1983). Accordingly, the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing Acevedo’s complaint as frivolous. Because the appeal is without arguable merit, it is DISMISSED as FRIVOLOUS. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 219-20 (5th Cir.1983); 5th Cir. R. 42.2.

¶4 APPEAL DISMISSED AS FRIVOLOUS.

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¶5 Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

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