GREEN v. GRAHAM

No. 17-14704.

906 F.3d 955 (2018)

Anthony L. GREEN, Brooke M. Walker, Earl E. Howton Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jackie GRAHAM, in her official capacity as Director of the State of Alabama Personnel Department, Hal Taylor, in his official capacity as Secretary of Law Enforcement for the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 12, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Flynn Mozingo , Benjamin J. Espy , Melton Espy & Williams, PC, MONTGOMERY, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellees.

Barbara J. Wells , Patricia R. Osuch , Capell & Howard, PC, Alice A. Byrne , Tara Smelley Hetzel , State of Alabama Personnel Department, MONTGOMERY, AL, for Defendant-Appellant JACKIE GRAHAM.

Frank Tim McCollum , Alabama Department of Public Safety, J. Jason Swann , Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, MONTGOMERY, AL, for Defendant-Appellant HAL TAYLOR.

Before WILLIAM PRYOR, MARTIN, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.


This interlocutory appeal presents questions about state sovereign immunity and related principles of federal jurisdiction. Anthony Green, Brooke Walker, and Earl Howton Jr. petitioned a state court for injunctive and declaratory relief entitling them to an enhanced status in the retirement system for Alabama state...

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