Lynch v. Nolan
District Court, C.D. Illinois
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…
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