A federal judge has dismissed the Lackawanna County guardian ad litem, three judges from the county, and the county itself from a civil lawsuit filed by a litigant who took issue with the guardian's appointment to his custody case.
Ruling on motions to dismiss from the defendants, U.S. District Judge Matthew W. Brann of the Middle District of Pennsylvania relied on the Younger abstention doctrine in deciding the federal court system did not have jurisdiction to interfere with a custody case that was still ongoing in the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas.
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