Dennis O'COnnOr v. State of Nevada

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• recognizing that the State of Nevada has explicitly refused to waive its immunity 20 to suit under the Eleventh Amendment
• holding that “Nevada 20 has explicitly refused to waive its immunity to suit under the eleventh amendment”
• recognizing that, under the Eleventh Amendment, a state or its agencies cannot be sued in federal court without the state’s 20 consent and Nevada explicitly has refused to waive its Eleventh Amendment immunity
• recognizing that, under the 19 Eleventh Amendment, a state or its agencies cannot be sued in federal court without the state’s consent and Nevada explicitly has refused to waive its Eleventh Amendment immunity
• recognizing that under the 20 Eleventh Amendment, a state or its agencies cannot be sued in federal court without the state’s consent and Nevada explicitly has refused to waive its Eleventh Amendment immunity
• holding that “Nevada has explicitly refused to waive its immunity to suit under the eleventh amendment . . . The Supreme 23 Court has made it clear that section 1983 does not constitute an abrogation of the eleventh amendment immunity of the states”

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