Glosen v. Barnes

724 F.2d 1418 Juanita GLOSEN, individually and as Guardian and Next Friend of Charles M. Glosen, a minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Homer Lee BARNES, Darrel R. Daines, Controller, and Patty Cafferata, Treasurer of the State of Nevada, Defendants-Appellees. No. 83-1840. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 17, 1983. Decided Feb. 2, 1984. David R. Belding, Breen, Young, Whitehead, Belding & Hardesty, Reno, Nev., for plaintiff-appellant. Brooke Nielsen, Deputy Atty. Gen., Carson City, Nev., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Before GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and TIMBERS * , Circuit Judges. TIMBERS, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellant Juanita Glosen appeals from an order entered February 24, 1983 in the District of Nevada, Bruce R. Thompson, District Judge, which in effect refused to impose liability on the State of Nevada for damages under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 (Supp. V 1981) and attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1988 (Supp. V 1981). Appellant invites us to deny to the State of Nevada its Eleventh Amendment immunity from Sec. 1983 actions seeking retroactive relief. We decline the invitation and…