Night Clubs, Inc. v. City of Fort Smith

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Night Clubs, Inc., doing business as Regina’s House of Dolls II (Regina’s), appeals from the district court’s dismissal with prejudice of its federal civil rights action. Regina’s argues that the district court erred in abstaining under the Younger doctrine, 1 and that even if Younger abstention was appropriate, dismissal with prejudice was not. We affirm the district court’s decision to abstain pursuant to Younger,, but we vacate the dismissal and remand for the entry of a stay. We grant both parties’ motions to supplement the record.

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Regina’s leases certain property…