Plante v. Gallant

Opinion

USCA1 Opinion

April 10, 1996          [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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No. 95-2007



                                JOAN PATRICIA PLANTE,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                            JOSEPH GALLANT, COMMISSIONER,

                         DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, ET AL.,



                                Defendants, Appellees.


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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



                       [Hon. Mark L. Wolf, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                 Selya, Cyr and Lynch,

                                   Circuit Judges.
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Joan Patricia Plante on brief pro se.
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            Scott  Harshbarger,  Attorney   General,  and  Rosemary  S.  Gale,
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        Assistant Attorney General, on brief for appellees.


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Per  Curiam.    We  affirm   the  district  court's
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            judgment  dismissing appellant's action,  essentially for the



            reasons  given  in  the  court's decision  dated  August  22,



            1995.1  See  also Seminole  Tribe of Florida  v. Florida,  64
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            U.S.L.W. 4167 (U.S. Mar. 27, 1996) (holding that Congress may



            not  abrogate  the  states' Eleventh  Amendment  immunity  in



            exercising its power under the Commerce Clause).



                      Affirmed.  
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               1The dismissal of this action, of course, operates without
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            prejudice to the appellant's pursuit of whatever remedies (if

            any) she may have in the Massachusetts courts.



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