Rickhoff v. Willing

PER CURIAM: *

Defendants conducted an investigation into a complaint that plaintiff, a judge, had violated a judicial Canon. Upon being notified by the defendants that a complaint had been filed against him, plaintiff filed suit in the district court seeking to enjoin the defendants from continuing its investigation into the alleged Canon violation. After dismissing the portion of the complaint relating to the Canon violation, defendants moved for summary judgment on all of plaintiffs federal claims based on the abstention principles of Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d…