Williams v. Ohio Department of Mental Health

OPINION AND ORDER

SARGUS, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the Defendants’ Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment. The defendants now challenge the jurisdiction of the District Court to entertain a suit brought by an individual against a state under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101, et. seq. Relying on the case of Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, — U.S. -, 116 S.Ct. 1114, 134 L.Ed.2d 252 (1996), the defendant asserts that the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution deprives this Court of the jurisdiction otherwise granted under Article III. 1

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