Doug Norwood v. Betty Dickey

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Attorney Doug Norwood (“Norwood”) appeals the district court’s 1 dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Norwood sued the justices of the Arkansas Supreme Court and James Badami (“Badami”), executive director of the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission (“Arkansas Commission”), alleging a violation of his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The district court dismissed the civil-rights action based on Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669…