Legal Opinion

Lynch v. Nolan

District Court, C.D. Illinois

Decided February 23, 2009No. 08-3295PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

Every defendant is entitled to his day in court. Lonnie Lynch, however, wants his day in front of two courts.

Since Younger abstention precludes such dual jurisdiction, this case is stayed.

I. BACKGROUND

The facts are brief. 1 Lynch is a “certified Atlasprofilax Practitioner.” 2 The Defendants are State’s Attorney Nolan, Sheriff McGrew, Deputy Howard, and Macon County. 3 According to Lynch, the Defendants were all involved, directly or vicariously, in investigating and eventually arresting him for practicing medicine without a license in violation of the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. Wallace v. KatoSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  4. Middlesex County Ethics Committee v. Garden State Bar Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1999

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Hobbs v. CappellutiDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2012
  2. Beeman v. DrobneyDistrict Court, C.D. Illinois · 2021
  3. Dixon v. AffruntiDistrict Court, C.D. Illinois · 2019
  4. Kenneth Artis v. Anthony Leonard, et al.District Court, W.D. Michigan · 2025
  5. Robinson v. WoodDistrict Court, C.D. Illinois · 2021

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