Legal Opinion
Partin v. Arkansas State Board of Law Examiners
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided October 11, 1994No. LR-C-94-255PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
WILSON, District Judge.
Defendants have filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rules 12(b)(1) and (6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The Court dismisses the portion of the complaint seeking an injunction, on the grounds that the state’s proceedings are judicial in nature and hence cannot be reviewed by a federal district court. Regarding the portion of the complaint seeking damages for constitutional violations, the Court grants the motion to dismiss under the doctrine of abstention. The motion to dismiss will be granted in its entirety, for the reasons stated below.
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3Cited by4 opinions
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