Legal Opinion
Haybarger v. Lawrence County Adult Probation & Parole
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 31, 2008No. 07-3720, 07-3733PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge.
State governments and their subsidiary units are immune from suit in federal court under the Eleventh Amendment. We have held that Pennsylvania’s judicial districts are arms of the state entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity. Benn v. First Judicial Dist. of Pa., 426 F.3d 233, 240 (3d Cir.2005). This immunity is not absolute, however. Under the Rehabilitation Act, States waive their immunity when they accept federal funds. In this interlocutory appeal, we must identify the proper entity to determine whether a judicial district has waived its…
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