June Franklin and Karen Huff v. John Zaruba, Dupage County Sheriff, in His Official Capacity and as an Agent of Dupage County Sheriff's Department

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• recognizing that while “sheriffs are agents of the county, rather than the state *** the sheriff is a particular kind of county agent — i.e., an officer rather than an employee”
• recognizing that while “sheriffs are agents of the county, rather than the state *** the sheriff is a particular kind of county agent– i.e. , an officer rather than an employee”
• explaining that “§ 1983 suits against sheriffs in their official capacities are in reality suits against the county sheriff’s department rather than the county board”
• explaining that “§ 1983 suits against sheriffs in their official capacities are in reality suits against the county sheriff's department”
• sheriff is acting as county official, and not acting as agent of state, at time of alleged failure to properly train subordinates or establish policies to protect arrestees
• “sheriffs are agents of the county, but they are separate from the county boards to such a degree that the county boards cannot be held liable for their actions under respondeat superior”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).