Jean Belanger v. Madera Unified School District Board of Trustees of Madera Unified School District Thomas J. Riley, School Superintendent

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• holding that damages 9 claims under § 1983 against a California public school district were barred by the Eleventh 10 Amendment
• holding that a California public school district was a state agency for the purposes of invoking sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment
• holding that third Mitchell factor “is entitled to less weight than the first two factors”
• holding that school districts in California are considered agents of the state to which Eleventh Amendment immunity extends
• noting that California had assumed total control over the funding of public schools and “exercises substantial centralized control over other public school decisions.”
• although school districts can hold property in their own name, “[t]he beneficial ownership of property of the public schools is in the state”

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