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NEWSOME v. BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDERS

No. 08-13314.

ALONZO P. NEWSOME, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDERS, Hon. Howard Finkelstein, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 22, 2008.

DO NOT PUBLISH

PER CURIAM:

Alonzo P. Newsome appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint, in which he challenged his state civil commitment proceedings on constitutional grounds. Because the district court did not abuse its discretion in abstaining from deciding the merits of Newsome's claims, we AFFIRM.

I. BACKGROUND

Newsome is a convicted sex offender...

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