In the
Supreme Court of the Republic of Palau
Appellate Division
EMILIANO ANGEL,
Appellant,
v.
ROBERTA INGRID KING,
Appellee.	

Cite as: 2020 Palau 29
Civil Appeal No. 20-019
Appeal from Case No. LC/D 20-00031

Decided:	December 10, 2020

Counsel for Appellant  	        Pro Se
Counsel for Appellee   	        Salvador Remoket
	
BEFORE:	OLDIAIS NGIRAIKELAU, Chief Justice
JOHN K. RECHUCHER, Associate Justice
GREGORY DOLIN, Associate Justice
Appeal from the Land Court, the Honorable Rose Mary Skebong, Acting Senior Judge, presiding.
	ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
PER CURIAM:
[¶ 1]	 Appellant Emiliano Angel challenges the Land Court’s determination that Appellee Roberta Ingrid King owns a certain parcel of land in Ngermechau Hamlet, Ngiwal State.  Angel, who was not a claimant in the Land Court, contends that he was not properly notified of the proceeding, in violation of his due process rights.  Such a collateral attack on a Land Court judgment, however, cannot be brought in the first instance before this Court.  See Rengiil v. Urebau Clan, 21 ROP 11, 15 (2013) (“[A] due process challenge should be brought as a collateral attack on the underlying judgment . . . rather than through [a] non-party appeal.”).    
[¶ 2]	 As “a court of review, not of first view,” Cutter v. Wilkinson, 544 U.S. 709, 718 n.7 (2005), it is not our role to assess Angel’s contentions, which include questions of fact, in the first instance.  For this reason, the appeal is DISMISSED.  Each side shall bear its own costs.