Doyle J. Williams v. State of Missouri

The State of Missouri appeals from the district court’s order denying its motion to dismiss Doyle J. Williams’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action on the grounds of Eleventh Amendment immunity. We reverse and remand for dismissal.

Williams, a Missouri inmate, named the State of Missouri as the sole defendant in this section 1983 action. The State moved to dismiss based on immunity pursuant to the Eleventh Amendment, the district court’s lack of jurisdiction, and Williams’s failure to state a claim. The district court denied the motion and the State appealed.

Interlocutory review of the district court’s…