What is the test for a federal district court to abstain from exercising jurisdiction in a civil matter?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Dios La Iglewsia De Laities De Sacred Holy Sacramento v. State of California, 122 F.3d 1070 (9th Cir. 1997):
A district court must abstain from exercising jurisdiction where: "(1) state judicial proceedings are pending; (2) the state proceedings involve important state interests; and (3) the state proceedings afford the federal plaintiff an adequate opportunity to litigate federal constitutional claims. Id. (setting forth criteria for abstention under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971)).
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