NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 16 2020

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WILLIAM A. GRAVEN, named as Will No. 20-15110 Graven, D.C. No. 2:19-cv-04586-SPL Plaintiff-Appellant,

v. MEMORANDUM*

STATE OF ARIZONA,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Steven Paul Logan, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted December 2, 2020**

Before: WALLACE, CLIFTON, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

William A. Graven appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment

dismissing his action alleging federal claims. We have jurisdiction under 28

U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal on the basis of Eleventh

Amendment immunity. Cholla Ready Mix, Inc. v. Civish, 382 F.3d 969, 973 (9th

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Cir. 2004). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Graven’s action against the State of

Arizona as barred by the Eleventh Amendment. See Pennhurst State Sch. & Hosp.

v. Halderman, 465 U.S. 89, 100 (1984) (Eleventh Amendment immunity applies to

states and their agencies or departments “regardless of the nature of the relief

sought”).

All pending motions are denied.

AFFIRMED.

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