Does the Eleventh Amendment bar a plaintiff from bringing a civil action in federal court against a state official acting in his official capacity alleging a violation of state law?
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The following excerpt is from Everett H v. Dry Creek Joint Elementary Sch. Dist., No. 2:13-cv-00889-MCE-DAD (E.D. Cal. 2014):
Absent unequivocal consent to suit, the Eleventh Amendment "bars suits in federal court, for both retrospective and prospective relief brought against state officials acting in their official capacities alleging a violation of state law." Pena v. Gardner, 976 F.2d 469, 473 (9th Cir. 1992) (citing Edelman v. Jordan, 415 U.S. 651, 663 (1974)).
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