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PITTMAN v. OREGON, EMPLOYMENT DEPT.

No. 05-35900.

509 F.3d 1065 (2007)

Helen F. PITTMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of OREGON, EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT; Deborah Lincoln, Director of the Employment Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 5, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn Solomon, Portland, OR, for the plaintiff.

Marc Abrams, Oregon Department of Justice, Salem, OR, for the defendant.

Before: RAYMOND C. FISHER and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges, and JUDITH BARZILAY, Judge.

BERZON, Circuit Judge:

Helen Pittman appeals from dismissal of an employment discrimination claim brought under § 1981 against the Employment Department of the State of Oregon. The district court dismissed the § 1981 action, holding that the statute does not provide a cause of action against states. We affirm.

FACTS

On March 30, 2005, plaintiff Helen Pittman, an African-American woman, filed a complaint in Multnomah County Circuit Court...

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