A Florida man can pursue a suit against three New Jersey court employees he claims had a phony restraining order filed against him, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit says.
The judges held on Feb. 15 that a district judge, though correct in finding Eleventh Amendment immunity shielded the employees from suit in their official capacities, erred in dismissing the claims lodged against them personally.
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