Lynch v. Nolan

How courts have described this case

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• noting that claims seeking equitable relief are often dismissed under Younger abstention while claims that cannot be vindicated in the pending state court proceeding—such as damages claims—are stayed
• finding Younger abstention appropriate to stay the plaintiff's § 1983 suit until the state criminal proceedings were fully resolved
• “ . . . since [the plaintiff] has not been convicted of the charged crimes, Heck does not yet apply”

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