Does the Eleventh Amendment bar a plaintiff from seeking damages from a public official acting in his personal capacity?
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The following excerpt is from Johnson v. Cal. Dep't of Corr. & Rehab., Case No. 1:13-cv-01171-LJO-SAB (E.D. Cal. 2013):
Public Safety, 488 F.3d 1144, 1147 (9th Cir. 2007). However, the Eleventh Amendment does not bar suits seeking damages from public officials acting in their personal capacities. Hafer v. Melo, 502 U.S. 21, 30 (1991). "Personal-capacity suits . . . seek to impose individual liability upon a government officer for actions taken under color of state law." Id. at 25.
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