seems like for one of their many reasons they're saying "He can't bring Federal action when he hasn't exhausted his State options yet"
In this way, the “ongoing state judicial proceedings” prong acts like an exhaustion requirement.
See id. at 608 (“a necessary concomitant of Younger is that a party . . . must exhaust his state
appellate remedies before seeking relief” in federal court); Moore, 396 F.3d at 388