Butch Dill / AP
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore's federal lawsuit against his state's Judicial Inquiry Commission, which has ethics charges pending against him.
While the charges — relating to actions Moore took to fight same-sex marriage rights in the state — are pending, Moore is not allowed to sit on the state's Supreme Court under the state's Constitution.
Moore then filed the federal lawsuit in May asking to be reinstated to the court, alleging the constitutional provision violated his federal civil rights.
U.S. District Court Judge W. Harold Albritton III dismissed Moore's case on Thursday, finding it appropriate for the federal court to abstain from hearing it while the state proceedings are ongoing because Moore's federal case, if resolved in his favor, "would interfere with ongoing state proceedings."
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