How does the abstention doctrine apply to a claim against a defendant?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from United States v. State Water Res. Control Bd., 418 F.Supp.3d 496 (E.D. Cal. 2019):

Defendants first argue that the abstention doctrine set forth in Brillhart v. Excess Insurance Co. of America , 316 U.S. 491, 62 S.Ct. 1173, 86 L.Ed. 1620 (1942), and its progeny, including Wilton v. Seven Falls Co. , 515 U.S. 277, 115 S.Ct. 2137, 132 L.Ed.2d 214 (1995), compels dismissal of the United States' complaint.

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