No. 24-382

Quannah L. Harris v. Tre Hargett, Tennessee Secretary of State, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-10-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 42-usc-1983 civil-rights eleventh-amendment judicial-immunity prospective-injunctive-relief younger-abstention
Latest Conference: 2024-11-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether a civil rights claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 can proceed against a state administrative agency and an administrative law judge when the plaintiff alleges ongoing violations of federal law and seeks prospective injunctive relief, and whether the dismissal of such claims based on Eleventh Amendment and judicial immunity, without addressing the applicability of the Younger abstention doctrine, is appropriate?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a civil rights claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 can proceed against a state administrative agency and an administrative law judge when the plaintiff alleges ongoing violations of federal law and seeks prospective injunctive relief, and whether the dismissal of such claims based on Eleventh Amendment and judicial immunity, without addressing the applicability of the Younger abstention doctrine, is appropriate?

Docket Entries

2024-11-25
Petition DENIED.
2024-11-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024.
2024-11-04
Waiver of right of respondent Tre Hargett, et al. to respond filed.
2024-08-26

Attorneys

Quannah Harris
Quannah Harris — Petitioner
Tre Hargett, et al.
Reed Neal SmithTennessee Attorney General, Respondent