ORDER

JOE HEATON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Dale E. Harper, a state prisoner appearing pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this § 1983 action against multiple defendants, alleging violations of his constitutional rights. Most of plaintiff's claims in this lawsuit arise out of actions taken in conjunction with his arrest, detention and prosecution by state officials in Woodward County, Oklahoma. Many of his claims were stayed under the Younger abstention doctrine1 because they relate to ongoing criminal proceedings. Plaintiff filed a motion to lift the stay and Magistrate Judge Charles B. Goodwin, to whom the matter has been referred consistent with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b), has recommended the court deny plaintiff's motion.

As the magistrate judge noted in his Report and Recommendation,2 the criminal proceedings remain ongoing as of this date. On that basis and because he concluded plaintiff had not met the heavy burden of proof imposed on a person seeking to overcome Younger absention, the magistrate judge recommended that plaintiff's motion be denied.

Plaintiff's objection to the Report and Recommendation is essentially a document production request. He does nothing more than describe the evidence which he appears to believe, once produced, will demonstrate that he is being prosecuted in bad faith. Plaintiff has not met his heavy burden to overcome the bar of Younger abstention. The court is still satisfied that abstention is justified.

Accordingly, the court adopts Magistrate Judge Goodwin's Report and Recommendation and denies plaintiff's motion to lift the stay [Doc. #206].

IT IS SO ORDERED.