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H.C. EX REL. GORDON v. KOPPEL

No. 99-55029.

203 F.3d 610 (2000)

H.C., a minor, appearing by her next friend Gale Lynn Gordon; M.D. & Idelle Clarke, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Carol KOPPEL, Judge pro tem of the Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles; Dianna Gould-Saltman, Esq.; Los Angeles County Superior Court, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 11, 2000

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia E. Gitt, Epstein, Becker & Green, Los Angeles, California; Richard L. Ducote, New Orleans, Louisiana, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Frederick R. Bennett, Assistant County Counsel, Los Angeles, California; Carol A. Sobel, Santa Monica, California, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: THOMAS, SILVERMAN and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge THOMAS; Concurrence by Judge SILVERMAN.

THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

In this case, plaintiffs seek to invoke the power of the federal courts to alter the course of pending state custody proceedings. We conclude that, as to the claims that are not moot, Younger abstention requires the federal courts to refrain from interference.

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H.C., a minor girl, is the subject of a bitter custody dispute in Los Angeles County Superior...

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