DOWDEN v. CITY OF SACRAMENTO

No. Civ-S-98-2072-DFL JFM.

40 F.Supp.2d 1146 (1999)

Patrick DOWDEN, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF SACRAMENTO, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

February 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Dowden, Kasey Christopher Clark, Mastagni Holstedt and Chiurazzi, Sacramento, CA, for plaintiff.

Bruce C. Cline, Sacramento City Attorney, Sacramento, CA, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER

LEVI, District Judge.

Plaintiff Patrick Dowden brings this section 1983 action challenging disciplinary action taken against him by the Sacramento Police Department (the "Department"). The Department moves to dismiss Dowden's action under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971), or, in the alternative, to stay the proceedings.

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