Legal Opinion
Robert Simpson v. Tim Rowan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 29, 1995No. 93-3250PublishedCited by 192 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Robert Simpson, an Illinois prisoner whose conviction for felony murder is on appeal before the state supreme court, appeals from the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 damage action against several police officers and assistant state’s attorneys. Simpson alleged that he was falsely arrested, that his apartment was improperly searched without a warrant, and that defendants conspired to deprive him of various constitutional rights. The principal issue on appeal is whether the district court properly dismissed Simpson’s action on the basis of Younger abstention. We hold…
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