Fox Salerno v. State of Arizona

MEMORANDUM

Fox Joseph Salerno, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs in connection with an alleged attack by a prison correctional officer. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo. Wyatt v. Terhune, 315 F.3d 1108, 1117 (9th Cir.2003) (dismissal for failure to exhaust); Resnick v. Hayes, 213 F.3d 443, 447 (9th Cir.2000) (dismissal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Salerno’s claims against the state of Arizona and defendants in their official capacities because those claims are barred by the Eleventh Amendment. See Pennhurst State Sch. & Hosp. v. Halderman, 465 U.S. 89, 100 , 104 S.Ct. 900 , 79 L.Ed.2d 67 (1984) (“[I]n the absence of consent a suit in which the State or one of its agencies or departments is named as the defendant is proscribed by the Eleventh Amendment.”); Flint v. Dennison, 488 F.3d 816, 825 (9th Cir.2007) (state officials sued in their official capacities are generally entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity); Cal. Franchise Tax Bd. v. Jackson (In re Jackson), 184 F.3d…