United States Fourth Circuit

A defendant to a coercive state administrative proceeding must exhaust his state administrative and judicial remedies, and may not bypass them in favor of a federal court proceeding in which he seeks to annul the results of a state administrative body.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/25/2005
• Published 01/25/2005

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED: Mathew D. Staver, Liberty Counsel, Longwood, Florida, for Appellant. Sharon Tracey Barrett, Patla, Straus, Robinson & Moore, P.A., Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF: Michael Schmidt, Patrick Henry Justice Center, Laurinburg, North Carolina;  Erik W. Stanley, Rena M. Lindevaldsen, Anita L. Staver, Joel L. Oster, Liberty Counsel, Longwood, Florida, for Appellant. Curtis W. Euler, City Attorney's Office, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellees.