Jonathan N. Brock v. Jennifer M. Joyce , 30 F. App'x 674 ( 2002 )


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  •                       United States Court of Appeals
    FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
    ___________
    No. 02-1393
    ___________
    Jonathan Nathan Brock,                 *
    *
    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    of St. Louis City,                     *        [UNPUBLISHED]
    *
    Appellee.                 *
    ___________
    Submitted: March 12, 2002
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    ___________
    Before LOKEN, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.
    ___________
    PER CURIAM.
    Pretrial detainee Jonathan Brock appeals the district court’s1 pre-service
    dismissal, under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) and the Younger2 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
    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).
    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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Document Info

Docket Number: 02-1393

Citation Numbers: 30 F. App'x 674

Filed Date: 3/15/2002

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 1/12/2023