I. Whether the Younge r abstention doctrine requires a federal court to abstain
from a state court civil proceeding (where a party seeks to pay for, and
obtain, transcripts from their closed criminal case), on the grounds that any
such state court civil proceedings, is "uniquely in furtherance of the state
courts' ability to perform their judicial functions."

II. Whether the Younge r abstention doctrine applies when state court
proceedings are no longer pending.

III.A. Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine barred the District Court from hearing
Petitioner Gristina's constitutional claims – involving access to the
transcripts in her closed criminal case – when a state court appeal was still
pending involving Judge Merchan's Order.

III.B. Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine barred the District Court from hearing
Petitioner Gristina's constitutional claims – involving access to the
transcripts in her closed criminal case – when Judge Merchan's Order was
not the cause of the Petitioner's injury.

Whether the Younger abstention doctrine requires federal court abstention from state court civil proceedings seeking criminal case transcripts, and whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars constitutional claims when state court appeals are pending