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WOODS v. RONDOUT VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 05-1080-cv.

466 F.3d 232 (2006)

HAROLD R.A. WOODS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RONDOUT VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION, Defendant-Appellant, WILLIAM CAFIERO, Principal of Rondout Valley Central High School, TRUDI MELAMED-TURCK, Assistant Principal of Rondout Valley Central High School, and MARILYN PIRKLE, Superintendent of Rondout Valley Central School District, sued in their individual capacities, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: October 10, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MARK C. RUSHFIELD, Shaw and Perelson, LLP, Highland, New York, for Defendants-Appellants.

STEPHEN BERGSTEIN, Thornton, Bergstein & Ullrich, LLP, Chester, New York, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: FEINBERG, KEARSE, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judge.

On this appeal, we consider whether defendant Rondout Valley Central School District Board of Education is an arm of the State of New York entitled to claim Eleventh Amendment immunity. We conclude that it is not.

I. Factual Background

The background facts that follow are taken from the complaint. Plaintiff Harold Woods was first employed as a per diem substitute...

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