Coffin v. South Carolina Department of Social Services

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• holding that SCDSS is a state agency and therefore entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity
• holding that DSS is a state agency and therefore entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity
• holding that DSS is a state 13 See Woods v. SC Dep’t of Soc. Servs., C/A No. 6:23-cv-4812-HMH-JDA, 2023 WL 7224542, at (D.S.C. Oct. 11, 2023), R&R adopted by 2023 WL 7222667 (D.S.C. Nov. 2, 2023
• observing that “definition of ‘persons’ has not been found to include states, or their alter egos” for purposes of “[S]ection 1983 claim” (italics omitted)
• observing that “definition of ‘persons’ has not been found to include states, or their alter egos” for purposes of “[S]ection 1983 claim” (italics omitted)
• state agency not “person” under Section 1986

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