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ABSTENTION-CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION

Williams v. Krasner, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 13689, 2023 WL 3773861 (3d Cir. June 2, 2023). we agree with Williams that, to the extent he lodged a facial challenge to the constitutionality of the PCRA and Rule 902(E)(1), his claim is not barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. See Skinner v. Switzer, 562 U.S. 521, 532-33, […]

ABSTENTION-YOUNGER ABSTENTION-CIVIL RIGHTS

Borowski v. Kean Univ., 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 12889 (3d Cir. May 25, 2023) (Phipps, C.J.) After a public university in New Jersey terminated an adjunct professor’s employment, she filed an administrative appeal with the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The Commission dismissed that challenge on jurisdictional grounds. Instead of appealing that ruling in the […]