EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Sergeant Craig Savell, a security officer at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, appeals from a jury verdict under Louisiana law which awarded $1750 to prisoner Ricky Hughes, after the jury concluded that Savell negligently failed to protect Hughes from an attack by another inmate. On appeal, Savell contends that the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution prevents the federal courts from addressing the state-law claim since...
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