S.J. v. HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO

No. 02-3852.

374 F.3d 416 (2004)

S.J., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO; Hillcrest Training School; and William H. Hamilton, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed June 22, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Todd Stevenson (argued and briefed), Stephen K. Shaw (briefed), Hamilton County Prosecuting Office, Cincinnati, OH, for Appellants.

Marc D. Mezibov (argued and briefed), Michael N. Budelsky (briefed), Sirkin, Pinales, Mezibov & Schwartz, Cincinnati, OH, for Appellee.

Before BOGGS, Chief Judge; and BATCHELDER and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.


BOGGS, Chief Judge.

This case presents the question of whether Hillcrest Training School, a juvenile facility created pursuant to Ohio Rev.Code § 2151.65, is cloaked with Ohio's sovereign immunity against a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought by a former Hillcrest resident. The district court held that Hillcrest was not entitled to sovereign immunity. For the reasons explained below, we affirm.

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