Sterns v. Lundberg

ENTRY

BARKER, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the following motions: (1) defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to the abstention doctrine of Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971); and (2) plaintiffs’ motion requesting an evidentia-ry hearing and oral argument on defendants’ motion. For the reasons set forth below, defendants’ motion is granted; plaintiffs’ motion is denied in part and denied as moot in part.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND.

In February of 1992, a Kentucky Air National Guard cargo plane crashed near the Evansville, Indiana…