Commonwealth v. Valle

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• holding that the domestic relations exception barred federal court review of constitutional claims that were “a pretense to obtain federal review of domestic relations matters”
• concluding that district court had properly dismissed, sua sponte, plaintiff's claims, which constituted an impermissible attack on state court domestic relations proceedings
• holding a district court appropriately applied the domestic relations exception to preclude subject-matter jurisdiction where a plaintiff’s constitutional claims were “a pretense to obtain federal review of domestic relations matters”
• “[F]ederal courts lack jurisdiction where the action is a mere pretense and the suit is actually concerned with domestic relations issues.”
• “[F]ederal courts lack jurisdiction where the action is a mere pretense and the suit is actually concerned with domestic relations issues.”
• “Generally, federal courts have no jurisdiction over domestic relations matters.”

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