Legal Opinion
Mario Degenova v. Sheriff of Dupage County
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 13, 2000No. 98-2455PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANIOÍSÍ, Circuit Judge.
Mario DeGenova sued the Sheriff of Du-Page County in his official capacity, claiming a violation of his constitutional rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Sheriff moved to dismiss, arguing that he had Eleventh Amendment immunity. The district court denied the motion. The Sheriff appeals and we affirm.
Because this appeal comes to us from a motion to dismiss, we take the following facts from the complaint and assume them to be true. On October 16, 1996, deputy sheriffs of DuPage County arrested Mario DeGenova pursuant to an arrest warrant. DeGenova told the…
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