Dubinka v. Judges of Superior Court of State of California

23 F.3d 218 Michael DUBINKA; John F. Coleman; Raul Meza, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JUDGES OF the SUPERIOR COURT OF the STATE OF CALIFORNIA for the COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES; Daniel Lungren, Attorney General of the State of California; Ira Reiner, District Attorney of Los Angeles County, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-55736. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 8, 1993. Decided April 8, 1994. Henry J. Hall, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants. Frederick R. Bennett, Asst. County Counsel, Donald E. de Nicola, Deputy Attorney Gen., Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, John G. Davies, District Judge, Presiding. Before: FLETCHER, PREGERSON and HALL, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge FLETCHER. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 Michael Dubinka, John Coleman, and Raul Meza appeal the district court's order dismissing their action for declaratory and injunctive relief for failure to state a claim under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). The district court abstained under the doctrine established in Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 , 91 S.Ct. 746 , 27 L.Ed.2d 669…