Ricardo Diaz v. Michigan Dep't of Corrections

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “[i]t is apparent from the plain language of the FMLA remedial provisions that Congress intended to exclude other remedies.”
• explaining that Ex Parte Young only applies to ongoing violations of federal law or requests for prospective relief
• explaining that a claim “must seek prospective relief to end a continuing violation of federal law to fall within this exception”
• noting that suits must be against “state officials in their official capacity”
• stating that under Sixth Circuit precedent and the Supreme Court’s decision in Ex parte Young, 209 U.S. 123 (1908), “the Eleventh Amendment does not bar suits for equitable, prospective relief . . . against state officials in their official capacity”
• stating that under Sixth Circuit precedent and the Supreme Court’s decision in Ex Parte Young, 209 U.S. 123 (1908), “the Eleventh Amendment does not bar suits for equitable, prospective relief . . . against state officials in their official capacity”

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