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BOCKES v. FIELDS

Nos. 92-2047, 92-2072.

999 F.2d 788 (1993)

Nancy BOCKES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bettye Lou FIELDS, Individually and as a member and Chairman of the Board of Social Services, Grayson County, Virginia; Robert Wells, Individually and as a member of the Board of Social Services, Grayson County, Virginia; Dennis Cooley, Individually and as a member and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Social Services, Grayson County, Virginia; Department of Social Services, Grayson County, Virginia, Defendants-Appellees. and County of Grayson, Virginia, Defendant. Nancy BOCKES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF GRAYSON, VIRGINIA, Defendant-Appellant, and Bettye Lou Fields, Individually and as a member and Chairman of the Board of Social Services, Grayson County, Virginia; Robert Wells, Individually and as a member of the Board of Social Services, Grayson County, Virginia; Dennis Cooley, Individually and as a member and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Social Services, Grayson County, Virginia; Department of Social Services, Grayson County, Virginia, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 26, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt Joseph Pomrenke, White, Elliott & Bundy, P.C., Bristol, VA, (Steven R. Minor, on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert Vincent Ward, Law Offices of Robert v. Ward, P.C., Bristol, VA, for defendants-appellees.

Before WILKINSON, Circuit Judge, SPROUSE, Senior Circuit Judge, and G. ROSS ANDERSON, Jr., United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, sitting by designation.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

This case poses two questions about the amenability of governmental bodies to suit in federal court — here an action claiming termination from employment without due process. The first question is whether the Board of Social Services for Grayson County, Virginia and the Department of Social Services for Grayson County are state entities, and thus immune from suit in federal...

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