The federal suit ex-Penn State President Graham Spanier filed earlier this week seeking to have the prosecution against him dropped is barred by the abstention doctrine, state Attorney General Kathleen Kane said in court papers yesterday.
In a one-page motion, Kane said the doctrine under the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1971 decision in Younger v. Harris does not allow for the relief that Spanier is seeking. Kane’s motion also said that a brief supporting the motion will be submitted.
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