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WILLIAMS v. STATE OF MO.

No. 92-1460.

973 F.2d 599 (1992)

Doyle J. WILLIAMS, Appellee, v. STATE OF MISSOURI, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 21, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Ramsey, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Doyle J. Williams, was pro se.

Before FAGG, BOWMAN, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The State of Missouri appeals from the district court's order denying its motion to dismiss Doyle J. Williams's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action on the grounds of Eleventh Amendment immunity. We reverse and remand for dismissal.

Williams, a Missouri inmate, named the State of Missouri as the sole defendant in this section 1983 action. The State moved to dismiss based on immunity pursuant to the Eleventh Amendment, the district court's lack of jurisdiction...

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