Bator

MEMORANDUM **

Anthony Joseph Bator appeals pro se the district court’s order denying reconsideration of its dismissal of his petition seeking a temporary injunction against a pending state criminal proceeding involving a citation by Washoe County authorities for agricultural activity on private property. Bator alleged that the district court had federal jurisdiction because the underlying claim involved the denial of Bator’s planned use of his property. The district court determined that because the state criminal action is ongoing, the district court would abstain under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 , 91 S.Ct. 746 , 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971).

We review de novo a district court’s decision to abstain pursuant to Younger. Green v. City of Tucson, 255 F.3d 1086, 1093 (9th Cir.2001) (en banc). When a plaintiff seeks relief in federal court that would interfere with an ongoing state judicial proceeding, the federal action must be dismissed pursuant to Younger if the state proceeding: (1) is ongoing, (2) implicates important state interests, and (3) provides the plaintiff an adequate opportunity to litigate its federal claims. Columbia Basin Apartment Ass’n v. City of Pasco, 268 F.3d…