Ramsi Woodcock v. Univ. of Ky.

Summary

The court held that abstention was improper because the university's disciplinary process remained at a preliminary investigative stage and no formal proceeding or complaint was underway. It therefore reversed the district court's abstention ruling and remanded for consideration of the motion for a preliminary injunction. The court did not decide whether a university's formal enforcement procedure qualifies as a civil-enforcement proceeding for abstention purposes.