Kelser v. Anne Arundel County Department of Social Services

JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Mary E. Kelser appeals an order of the district court abstaining from exercising jurisdiction under the doctrine of Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971), and dismissing her suit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 for injunctive, declaratory and monetary relief against the Anne Arundel Department of Social Services (DDS), various officials and employees of the DDS, the DDS attorney, and her ex-husband’s lawyer.

While we agree that the district court properly abstained under the circumstances, we hold that Mrs. Reiser’s action…