Legal Opinion
Coxson v. Pennsylvania
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 21, 1996No. Civil Action 95-106 ERIEPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.
Sharlene Coxson has filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 1 against Defendants the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the “Commonwealth”), the Commonwealth Department of Public Welfare (“DPW’), and the Polk Center (“Polk”), alleging violations of her rights under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Defendants have moved to dismiss the case. Because this Court concludes that Plaintiffs claims are barred by the Eleventh Amendment, we will grant Defendants’ motion and dismiss the case with prejudice.
I. BACKGROUND
The…
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