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Ninth Circuit: Abstention Inapplicable in First Amendment Cases

Ninth Circuit: Abstention Inapplicable in First Amendment Cases

by Mark Wilson

On April 7, 2014, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court had improperly abstained from hearing a claim that a state court violated the First Amendment by denying prompt access to newly-filed complaints.

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