Jerry Cox v. Mariposa County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 JERRY COX, an Individual, CASE NO. 1:19-CV-01105-AWI-BAM

Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR ABSTENTION AND STAY BY

MARIPOSA COUNTY; MARIPOSA DEFENDANTS MARIPOSA COUNTY,

COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE; SHERIFF MARIPOSA COUNTY SHERIFF’S

DEPUTY WILLIAM ATKINSON; OFFICE, SHERIFF DEPUTY WILLIAM

SHERIFF DEPUTY WESLEY SMITH; ATKINSON AND SHERIFF DEPUTY

ASHLEY HARRIS; CALIFORNIA WESLEY SMITH

RECEIVERSHIP GROUP (“CRG”) AND MARK ADAMS IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL (Doc. No. 47)

CAPACITY, AND DOES 1 THROUGH

100, INCLUSIVE.

Defendants.

19 Defendants Mariposa County, Mariposa County Sherriff’s Office, Sheriff Deputy William 20 Atkinson and Sheriff Deputy Wesley Smith (“County Defendants”) contend in the motion at bar 21 that, under the Younger abstention doctrine or, alternatively, the Colorado River doctrine, the 22 Court should stay Plaintiff Jerry Cox’s claims against them in this action…