Carvel Bright Frank Ledford v. Harold McClure Individually and in His Official Capacity, a Clerk of the Superior Court of Clay County, North Carolina

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• finding that state had Eleventh Amendment immunity from suit brought against state court clerk in official capacity
• \[P]ublic officials . . . are clothed with qualified immunity in the per- formance of discretionary functions.\
• “Congress has made no move to impose § 1983 liabilities upon states, and North Carolina has done nothing to waive its immunity.” (citations omitted)
• “action against [a Clerk of Superior Court] in his official capacity is clearly one against the state of North Carolina”
• “The action against the defendant [clerk of court] in his official capacity is clearly one against the state of North Carolina.”
• Congress has not imposed § 1983 liability upon states, and the state of North Carolina has done nothing to waive its immunity

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