Miofsky v. Superior Court of California

NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, William Eugene Miofsky, brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Superior Court of the State of California and three medical doctors who had conducted a psychiatric examination of Miofsky pursuant to court order. Miofsky sought a federal court injunction restraining discovery proceedings in state tort litigation that he claims would violate rights protected by the United States Constitution. The district court denied relief and dismissed the action on the grounds that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction and, alternatively, that the…