When will a federal court refuse to hear a motion seeking injunctive or declaratory relief against a state defendant?
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The following excerpt is from Roles v. Butte Cnty., No. 2:16-cv-3040 KJN P (E.D. Cal. 2017):
criminal charges, this court would have to abstain from addressing such a challenge. Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 43-54 (1971). Principles of comity and federalism weigh against a federal court interfering with ongoing state criminal proceedings by granting injunctive or declaratory relief absent extraordinary circumstances not present here. See id.
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