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· 11/4/2011

Barksdale v. London Correctional Institution

Citations

  • 832 F. Supp. 2d 836
  • 2011 WL 5289637
  • 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 128166

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “MDOC is responsible for managing and operating the correctional system for the State, and thus is an arm of the State.”
  • “MDOC is responsible for managing and operating the correctional system for the State, and thus is an arm of the State.”
  • “[A] suit against a state official in his or her official capacity is not a suit against the official but rather is a suit against the official’s office.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Newman, Rice

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