Williams v. Government of the Virgin Islands Board of Medical Examiners

OPINION

McKEE, Circuit Judge.

Wilbert Williams appeals the district court’s dismissal of his complaint pursuant to the abstention principles articulated in Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971), and its progeny. Williams filed the complaint against the Virgin Islands Board of Medical Examiners and three of its members (hereinafter the “Board”), after the Board suspended his license to practice medicine. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm the district court’s decision to abstain pursuant to Younger.1

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