Stilley v. Dickey

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided January 11, 2005

U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2005-01-11

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently June 2007

1 state decisions

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

Relies on Younger v. Harris

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Decided 2005-01-11

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PER CURIAM.

¶1Oscar Stilley appeals the district court’s1 dismissal under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971), of his 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, and 1988 complaint against defendant justices of the Arkansas Supreme Court. He also appeals the denial of his motion for reconsideration. Having carefully reviewed the record, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in determining that abstention was appropriate, and in denying the motion for reconsideration. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

¶2. The Honorable James M. Moody, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.