Gilbertson v. Albright

381 F.3d 965 Paul Douglas GILBERTSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Stuart H. ALBRIGHT; Keith R. Battleson; Jack W. Burris; Suzanne T. Crane; Charles L. Crump; Yolanda I. Guran-Postlethwaite; Charles W. Hester; Ron A. Hoffine; Robert V. Neathamer; R. Charles Pearson; Ronald E. Stuntzner; David P. Taylor; Robert A. Walker; Richard H. Zbinden, in their individual capacities, Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-35460. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 22, 2004. * Filed September 3, 2004. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED James M. Brown, Enfield Brown Knivila Razor & Cook, Salem, OR, for the plaintiff-appellant. Richard D. Wasserman, Department of Justice, Civil/Administrative Appeals Unit, Salem, OR, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon; Michael R. Hogan, Chief District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-01-06282-HO. Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, PREGERSON, O'SCANNLAIN, RYMER, KLEINFELD, SILVERMAN, GRABER, WARDLAW, FISHER, RAWLINSON, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges. RYMER, Circuit Judge: 1 May Younger 1 abstention apply in an action for damages pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that relates…