Horvath v. City of Barberton Building Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION WILLIAM HORVATH, ) CASE NO. 5:22-cv-1387 ) ) PLAINTIFF, ) JUDGE SARA LIOI ) vs. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION ) AND ORDER CITY OF BARBERTON BUILDING ) DEPARTMENT, et al., ) ) ) DEFENDANTS. ) This matter is currently before the Court on the question, raised sua sponte, as to whether abstention should apply in view of a pending action brought by William Horvath (“plaintiff” or “Horvath”) in the Summit County Court of Common Pleas. See Horvath v. Barberton Bd. of Bldg. & Zoning Appeals, No. CV-2020-09-2481 (Ohio Com. Pl., filed Sept.…