In Re Application of Director of Lawyers Professionalresponsibility Board of the State of Minnesota, Appellee,united States of America, v. Norman Perl, Appellant, 752 F.2d 352 (8th Cir. 1985)

Norman Perl appeals from the district court's¹  denial of his motion for emergency injunctive relief to (1) delay enforcement of Rule 25²  of the Minnesota Rules of Lawyers Professional Responsibility against Perl; (2) declare Rule 25 unconstitutional; and (3) declare that the delay by the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board of Minnesota in investigating Perl's alleged unethical conduct violated his constitutional rights. The district court dismissed the complaint on the basis of the abstention principle set forth in Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S. Ct. 746, 27 L. Ed. 2d 669 (1971) and Middlesex County Ethics Committee v. Garden State Bar Ass'n, 457 U.S. 423, 102 S. Ct. 2515, 73 L. Ed. 2d 116 (1982). This appeal followed.

We have reviewed the files and records in this case. Additionally, we are advised that Perl has petitioned the Minnesota Supreme Court for certain relief, similar in part to relief sought in the federal district court, relating to these disciplinary proceedings. We conclude that the district court properly denied Perl's motion for federal injunctive relief on the basis of the abstention doctrine and that this appeal lacks merit.

We affirm without further opinion. See 8th Cir.R. 14. Let our mandate issue forthwith.