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CASAZZA v. STATE

No. 21217.

616 N.W.2d 872 (2000)

2000 SD 120

Christina CASAZZA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. The STATE of South Dakota a Political Entity, Jeff Bloomberg, Secretary for the Department of Corrections of the State of South Dakota and Dwane Russell, Warden of the South Dakota Women's Prison, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided August 30, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee C. "Kit" McCahren of Olinger, Lovald, Robbennolt, McCahren and Reimers, Pierre, and Scott G. Hoy of Scott G. Hoy Law Office, Sioux Falls, Attorneys for plaintiff and appellant.

Neil Fulton of May, Adam, Gerdes and Thompson, Pierre, Attorneys for defendants and appellees.

AMUNDSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Christina Casazza (Casazza) appeals the granting of summary judgment in favor of State of South Dakota (State), Secretary for the Department of Corrections Jeff Bloomberg (Bloomberg), and Warden Dwane Russell (Russell) of the Women's Prison based upon sovereign immunity and SDCL 3-21-8. We affirm.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] Casazza is an inmate at the South Dakota Women's Penitentiary. Casazza alleged that in late August of...

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