Columbia Basin Apartment Association v. City Of Pasco

268 F.3d 791 (9th Cir. 2001) COLUMBIA BASIN APARTMENT ASSOCIATION; BERNARD SHAW; JEAN SHAW; ROBERT LAWRENCE; JOAN LAWRENCE; ROBERT LEE GAINES; BILLIE JEAN S. GAINES; MANUEL VALA; MARIA GALEANA, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. CITY OF PASCO, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. No. 00-35041 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Argued and Submitted July 12, 2001 Filed September 26, 2001 [Copyrighted Material Omitted][Copyrighted Material Omitted] John J. McDermott, Jackson & Campbell, P.C., Washington, D.C., for the plaintiffs-appellants. Leland B. Kerr (argued) and David D. Hilton, Evans, Kerr, Haney & Hilton, P.S., Kennewick, WA, for the defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington; Robert H. Whaley, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-99-05013-RHW. Before: Alarcon, Fernandez, and Tashima, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge Alarcon; Dissent by Judge Tashima Alarcon, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants appeal from the order granting summary judgment on the merits in favor of the City of Pasco. For the reasons stated below, we apply the Younger abstention doctrine to dismiss Bernard and Jean Shaw from this action, and apply the…