Dean v. Parker

MEMORANDUM *

The district court dismissed this § 1983 suit, holding it barred by the doctrine of issue preclusion. Because we agree that collateral estoppel bars the suit, we affirm the dismissal. We do not reach the district court’s alternative holding that it was required to abstain from exercising jurisdiction under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971). As the facts are known to the parties, we discuss them here only as necessary to explain our decision.

On August 5, 2000, Dean filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking compensatory and punitive damages,…