No. 22-240
Jim Justice, Governor of West Virginia, et al. v. Jonathan R., Minor, By Next Friend Sarah Dixon, et al.
Tags: child-welfare civil-rights class-action due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism standing state-court-proceedings state-courts younger-abstention
Latest Conference:
2022-10-07
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Must federal courts abstain from interfering with state-court child welfare proceedings under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971)?
2. May federal courts refuse to abstain because plaintiffs seek class-wide relief?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Must federal courts abstain from interfering with state-court child-welfare proceedings under Younger-v-Harris
Docket Entries
2022-10-11
Petition DENIED.
2022-10-05
Brief amici curiae of Oregon, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2022-09-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/7/2022.
2022-09-14
Waiver of right of respondent Jonathan R., Minor, By Next Friend Sarah Dixon, et al. to respond filed.
2022-09-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 14, 2022)
Attorneys
Jim Justice, et al.
Lindsay Sara See — Office of the West Virginia Attorney General, Petitioner
Jonathan R., et al.
State of Oregon