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Civil Rights: Inmate Action-Sovereign Immunity
Staff Report//May 6, 2020
Where an Arkansas inmate challenged an adverse grant of summary judgment in a civil rights action, the inmate’s official capacity claims were barred by sovereign immunity, and he failed to state a claim against an individual defendant, so the judgment is affirmed.
Judgment is affirmed.
Green v. Burl (MLW No. 74830/Case No. 19-1928 – 3 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas.
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