Gary Paul Griffiths v. Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Svcs., Inc.

77 F.3d 489 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Gary Paul GRIFFITHS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JUDICIAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION Svcs., INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-55628. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 7, 1996. * Decided Feb. 15, 1996. Before: POOLE, WIGGINS and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Gary Paul Griffiths appeals the district court's dismissal of his federal civil rights action under the abstention doctrine. Griffiths sued California's Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. ("JAMS"), as well as various JAMS referees and Orange County Superior Court judges in their official capacities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , alleging that California Code of Civil Procedure § 639(e) 1 is unconstitutional on its face and as applied to him. We affirm the district court's dismissal of Griffiths' action under the Younger doctrine. See Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 54 (1971) (holding that the…