First Circuit· 4/12/2004

Maymo-Melendez v. Alvarez-Ramirez

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364 F.3d 27
2004 WL 765033

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holding that Younger abstention doctrine was triggered by local administrative proceedings in Puerto Rico
finding Younger abstention was appropriate because the plaintiff was suspended only after full-fledged administrative proceedings, and thus the federal claim amounted to an attack on the state proceedings
determining in the context of an injunctive relief request that it is “enough” that granting the injunction sought by the state court loser “would effectively overturn the state court’s decision”
“There is some sense to a mechanical rule that Younger does not apply where the state litigation has not yet begun[.]”
state proceedings \should be respected\ if federal rights can be asserted and resolved somewhere in the state proceedings
state proceedings “should be respected” if federal rights can be asserted and resolved somewhere in the state proceedings

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