The following excerpt is from Taebel v. Michael Sonberg & the Judicial Office, No. 2:18-cv-00138 TLN AC (PS) (E.D. Cal. 2018):
3. Moreover, if plaintiff has any challenges to the conviction currently pending in state court, a federal lawsuit would be precluded by the Younger abstention doctrine. See Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 45, 54 (1971).
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