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PHILLIPS v. VIRGINIA BD. OF MEDICINE

Civ. A. No. 90-1007-A.

749 F.Supp. 715 (1990)

Alice T. PHILLIPS, M.D., Plaintiff, v. VIRGINIA BOARD OF MEDICINE, and Virginia Department of Health Professions, and Bernard L. Henderson, Jr., Director, Virginia Department of Health Professions, and Hilary H. Connor, M.D., Executive Director, Virginia Board of Medicine, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

November 1, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor M. Glasberg, Jeanne Goldberg, Victor M. Glasberg & Associates, Alexandria, Va., for plaintiff.

Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., Jessica Sanders Jones, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Howard M. Casway, Lynne R. Fleming, Asst. Attys. Gen., Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Va., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

Introduction

This suit by a psychiatrist to enjoin the State of Virginia from revoking her medical license raises an unsettled question under the Younger abstention doctrine.1 Plaintiff, a Virginia resident, is licensed by the Virginia Board of Medicine (the "Board") to practice psychiatry in the Commonwealth. She seeks...

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