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Parties Involved:
Selma Inan
Defendant
Robert Thompson
Defendant
B. Benedict Waters
Plaintiff

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

B. BENEDICT WATERS,

Plaintiff,

 v.

ROBERT THOMPSON; SELMA INAN,

Defendants. /

No. C 04-4857 MJJ

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S

COMPLAINT

Plaintiff Benedict Waters, having fully litigated the case Waters v. Samsel, et al., case no. 02-

4589 MJJ, now files this instant action against the prior defendant Robert Thompson and

Thompson’s attorney, Deputy Attorney General S. Michele Inan (collectively, “Defendants”). 

The current action is an apparent attempt to rehash Plaintiff’s original civil rights complaint

against Thompson, which was rejected by this Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The

Court finds that, as stated in previous orders, Thompson is being sued in his official capacity as an

employee of PERB and is protected from suit by the Eleventh Amendment. See Will v. Michigan

Dept. of State Police, 491 U.S. 58, 66, 71 (1989). Additionally, the Court finds that Inan is being

sued in her official capacity as a deputy attorney general, and is also protected from suit by the

Eleventh Amendment. See Forster v. County of Santa Barbara, 896 F.2d 1146, 1149 (9th Cir. 1990)

(per curiam). Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ motion to dismiss without prejudice to

refiling in state court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 28, 2005 /s/ 

MARTIN J. JENKINS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case 3:04-cv-04857-MJJ Document 10 Filed 04/28/05 Page 1 of 1