United States v. Robert L. Shepherd

1 The Honorable Carol E. Jackson, United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Missouri.
2 See Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 46 (1971).
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 02-1393
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Jonathan Nathan Brock, *
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Appellant, *
* Appeal from the United States
v. * District Court for the Eastern
* District of Missouri.
Jennifer M. Joyce, Circuit Attorney *
of St. Louis City, * [UNPUBLISHED]
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Appellee. *
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Submitted: March 12, 2002
Filed: March 15, 2002
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Before LOKEN, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Pretrial detainee Jonathan Brock appeals the district court’s1 pre-service
dismissal, under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) and the Younger 2 abstention doctrine, of his
pro se complaint seeking an injunction to stay state court criminal proceedings on the
basis that they were retaliatory and brought in bad faith. We conclude that the district

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court did not abuse its discretion in declining to exercise jurisdiction, and we
therefore affirm. We deny as moot Brock’s Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 62(c),
construed as a Rule 8(a)(2), FRAP, motion for an injunction pending this appeal.
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47A(a).
A true copy.
Attest:
CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

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