Wolfel v. Morris

How courts have described this case

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• holding that claims against Ohio prison officials in their official capacities were claims against the state of Ohio
• “[T]he degree of specificity required in prison regulations is not the same as that required in other circumstances . . . .”
• “[O]fficial-capacity actions for prospective relief are not treated as actions against the State.” (quoting Will v. Mich. Dep’t of State Police, 491 U.S. 58, 71 n.10 (1989))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).