Attorney Permitted to Seek Civil Rights Claim in Federal Court
An attorney who was allegedly fired from her job as an adjunct professor at a New Jersey public university will be allowed to pursue her civil rights claims in federal court, despite a case related to the same circumstances ongoing before the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. This ruling, passed down by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, says that the Younger abstention doctrine did not apply in the case, which can prevent someone from pursuing a claim in both state and federal court at the same time. However, due to the circumstances of the case, the Third Circuit ruled that Younger did not apply, allowing her to continue pursuing her claims in federal court.
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