Thomas A. Warmus v. Lewis Melahn James Oetting William Hobbs

HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Thomas A. Warmus appeals from a judgment of the district court dismissing with prejudice his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 damages action against Lewis Melahn, the former director of the Missouri Department of Insurance (MDI), and two of his subordinates, James Oetting and William Hobbs. In dismissing the court acted under the Younger abstention doctrine, which is premised oh the “longstanding public policy against federal court interference with state court proceedings.” Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 43, 91 S.Ct. 746, 750, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971). We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Warmus…