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FREEMAN v. MICHIGAN DEPT. OF STATE

No. 85-1878.

808 F.2d 1174 (1987)

Annie L. FREEMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MICHIGAN, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Department of Civil Service, Richard H. Austin, Secretary of State, in His Official Capacity Only, Frank Sierawski, in His Official Capacity Only, Jointly and Severally, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chui Karega (argued), Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard P. Gartner, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Lansing, Mich., for defendants-appellees.

Before LIVELY, Chief Judge, and MARTIN and BOGGS, Circuit Judges.

LIVELY, Chief Judge.

The question in this case is whether the Eleventh Amendment bars an action by a state employee seeking damages and injunctive relief from the State, a state agency and two state officials. The district court dismissed the entire action on Eleventh Amendment grounds and imposed a sanction pursuant to Rule 11, Fed.R.Civ.P., on the plaintiff and her attorney. We reverse.

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The plaintiff is a black woman who has worked as a secretary...

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