Carras v. Williams

CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant James J. Carras appeals from the district court order dismissing his action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) and 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq. (1982). Carras argues that the district court improperly invoked the Eleventh Amendment of the United States Constitution to bar his claims for injunctive relief against the Michigan Supreme Court Justices and the Court Administrator. He further contends that the court erred in abstaining from his remaining claims for in-junctive and monetary relief on the authority of Younger v. Harris, 401…