Devernon Le Grand v. Matthew Evan, Clerk, Soal Schnertre, Clerk, City of New York, Kings County, State of New York

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• “[t]he refusal of a clerk of a court to accept the papers of a litigant seeking to commence an action under a state statute may deprive that litigant of federal constitutional rights.”
• “The complaint also fails to state a claim against the City of New York because the alleged acts of court clerks . . . cannot constitute the implementation of an ‘official policy’ of the city.”
• “By virtue of the [E]leventh [A]mendment, the State of New York is immune from a suit for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 without its consent, . . . which it has not given.” (cleaned up)

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