Goodwin v. Batallion

1 Citing case

  1. Rubbelke v. Zarembinski

    23-CV-0707 (PJS/ECW) (D. Minn. Apr. 26, 2023)   Cited 5 times

    Numerous federal courts (including courts in this District) have specifically determined that state family-court proceedings present the sort of “exceptional circumstances” that give rise to Younger abstention. See, e.g., Shafizadeh v. Bowles, 476 Fed.Appx. 71, 73 (6th Cir. 2012) (applying Younger where the federal suit “would grossly interfere with the state divorce case”); Goodwin v. Batallion, No. 8:23-CV-0014, 2023 WL 2413783, at *4 (D. Neb. Mar. 8, 2023); Mierisch v. St. Louis Cnty., No. 4:22-CV-01249 (SPM), 2022 WL 17403155, at *2 (E.D. Mo. Dec. 1, 2022); Evens v. Gusinsky, No. 5:22-CV-5054-CBK, 2022 WL 2981649, at *3 (D.S.D. July 28, 2022), aff'd, No. 22-2970, 2022 WL 19078143 (8th Cir. Nov. 1, 2022); Smith v. Hennepin Cnty. Fam. Ct., No. 19-CV-3100 (DSD/BRT), 2020 WL 1930555, at *2-3 (D. Minn. Mar. 24, 2020), report and recommendation adopted, 2020 WL 1923219 (D. Minn. Apr. 21, 2020); Kedrowski v. Madden, No. 18-CV-2573 (WMW/SER), 2019 WL 4016168, at *2 (D. Minn. Aug. 26, 2019).