Legal Opinion
Phelps v. Hamilton
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1997No. 95-3338PublishedCited by 195 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENRY, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, plaintiffs-appellants seek review of the district court’s dismissal of them 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against defendants-appellees, Shawnee County District Attorney Joan Hamilton and the State of Kansas, Third Judicial District. The plaintiffs’ suit arises from nine state criminal prosecutions commenced against six of the plaintiffs in March 1995. The district court dismissed the underlying § 1983 action on Younger abstention and Eleventh Amendment immunity grounds. Prior to reviewing the substantive holdings of the…
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