Legal Opinion
Wilson v. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 1, 2009No. Civil Action 08-30214-KPNPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER WITH REGARD TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS (Document No. 7)
NEIMAN, United States Magistrate Judge.
Duane Wilson (“Plaintiff’) brings this action against his employer, Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Health and Human Services (“Defendant”), with regard to alleged violations of the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. Defendant, raising an interesting question of law — whether Congress’s enactment of the “self-care” leave provision of the FMLA validly abrogated the Eleventh Amendment immunity of the states and their divisions from private damages…
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