GLOSEN v. BARNES

No. 83-1840.

724 F.2d 1418 (1984)

Juanita GLOSEN, individually and as Guardian and Next Friend of Charles M. Glosen, a minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Homer Lee BARNES, Darrel R. Daines, Controller, and Patty Cafferata, Treasurer of the State of Nevada, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Belding, Breen, Young, Whitehead, Belding & Hardesty, Reno, Nev., for plaintiff-appellant.

Brooke Nielsen, Deputy Atty. Gen., Carson City, Nev., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and TIMBERS, Circuit Judges.


TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Juanita Glosen appeals from an order entered February 24, 1983 in the District of Nevada, Bruce R. Thompson, District Judge, which in effect refused to impose liability on the State of Nevada for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Supp. V 1981) and attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (Supp. V 1981). Appellant invites us to deny to the State of Nevada its Eleventh Amendment immunity from § 1983 actions seeking...

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