Bina Buford v. Marvin T. Runyon, Jr., in His Official Capacity as Postmaster General of the United States Postal Services

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• holding that an official-capacity claim against a federal official constituted a suit against the federal agency and was barred by sovereign immunity
• treating a lawsuit against the Postmaster General in his official capacity as a lawsuit against the United States
• stating the well-settled principle that a “Bivens action cannot be prosecuted against the United States and its agencies because of sovereign immunity”
• complaint against government official in official capacity is suit against United States; Bivens action cannot be prosecuted against United States because of sovereign immunity
• “It is well settled that a Bivens action cannot be prosecuted against the United States and its agencies because of sovereign immunity.”
• “It is well settled that a Bivens action cannot be prosecuted against the United States and its agencies because of sovereign immunity”

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