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WOOD v. SEVERAL UNKNOWN METRO. POLICE OFFICERS

No. 86-5057.

835 F.2d 340 (1987)

Carlos A. WOOD, Appellant v. SEVERAL UNKNOWN METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFICERS, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 15, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin A. Marshall, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Donna Murasky, Washington, D.C., for appellees. John H. Suda, Acting Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Michele Giuliani, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Richard M. Sharp, with whom Robert N. Strassfeld, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, as court-appointed amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Royce C. Lamberth, Michael J. Ryan and Barbara Van Gelder, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for amicus curiae, U.S. urging affirmance. R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Atty. also entered an appearance for amicus curiae, U.S.

Before ROBINSON, RUTH BADER GINSBURG and SILBERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

This case, as it was framed in the district court, raised an unsettled question concerning the interaction between federal and local courts in the District of Columbia: Does the "abstention" doctrine of Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971),1 apply to the District...

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