Rafael Santiago v. New York State Department of Correctional Services and Dr. Melvin J. Steinhart, New York State Department Correctional Services

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• holding that because the plaintiffs Fourteenth Amendment claim fit “neither the clear statement nor the state waiver exceptions to a state’s immunity” it was barred under the Eleventh Amendment
• holding that such claims, however, cannot be brought directly against the state, or a state agency, but only against state officials in their official capacities
• holding that such claims, however, cannot be brought directly against the state, or a state agency, but only against state officials in their official capacities
• holding that such claims, however, cannot be brought directly against the state, or a state agency, but only against state officials in their official capacities
• holding that such claims, however, cannot be brought directly against the state, or a state agency, but only against state officials in their official capacities
• holding that such claims, however, cannot be brought directly against the state, or a state agency, but only against state officials in their official capacities

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