holding that a Georgia sheriff acts as an arm of the state when he provides food to county detainees in a county jail
How later courts described this case
- holding that a Georgia sheriff acts as an arm of the state when he provides food to county detainees in a county jail
- “The Eleventh Amendment inquiry is about whether the state controls the sheriff and is financially responsible for his actions”
- denying rehearing of the Eleventh Circuit’s 2016 panel opinion in
- “Until our decision in Manders ... this Court always treated a claim against a Georgia county sheriff for operating a county jail as a claim against the county.”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
BY THE COURT: A petition for rehearing having been filed and a member of this Court in active service having requested a poll on whether this case should be reheard by the Court sitting en banc, and a majority of the judges in active service on this Court having voted against granting a rehearing en banc, it is ORDERED that this case will not be reheard en banc.