Willie Santonio Manders v. Thurman Lee

How courts have described this case

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• holding that in the context of establishing use-of-force policy and training and disciplining deputies, a sheriff is an “arm of the state”
• finding that even though the county funded a sheriff’s office, Geor- gia state law mandated it, so the sheriff was an arm of the state
• noting that the phrase “arm of the State” encompasses “agents and instrumentalities of the State”
• noting that Georgia sheriffs “directly represent[] the sovereignty of the State and “perform[] state func- tions for the sovereign in enforcing the laws and keeping the peace”
• noting that the Supreme Court \weigh[ed] this source-of-payment factor heavily\ in Hess
• finding that relevant funding of sheriffs office was derived from the State, even though county bore “the major [funding] burden,” because State mandated the source of funding, set sheriffs compensation, and limited county’s autonomy over sheriffs spending decisions

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