Brian Gooden v. Calvin Lovorn

Brian Gooden appeals from the final judgment entered in the District Court 1 for the Eastern District of Arkansas, granting summary judgment in and dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Goo-den claimed University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) defendants and his criminal defense attorney violated his constitutional rights in connection with his arrest and suspension from school for theft of UAPB property. For reversal he argues, inter alia, that the UAPB defendants were not protected by Eleventh Amendment immunity and that his Fourth Amendment claims were not barred by his theft…