Case Name: Linda Cone SELENSKY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of ALABAMA, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-04-01
Citations: 322 F. App'x 689
Docket Number: No. 08-14095
Parties: Linda Cone SELENSKY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of ALABAMA, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before TJOFLAT, DUBINA and KRAVTTCH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 322
Pages: 689–689

Head Matter:
Linda Cone SELENSKY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of ALABAMA, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 08-14095
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
April 1, 2009.
Linda Cone Selensky, Mobile, AL, pro se.
Before TJOFLAT, DUBINA and KRAVTTCH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Linda Cone Selensky appeals the district court's order dismissing her pro se complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, and, alternatively, as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)®. Because we find that Selensky's claims are barred by the Eleventh Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, we affirm.
Selensky's present suit names the State of Alabama as the sole defendant. The Eleventh Amendment prohibits suits in federal courts against a state, except where such immunity is waived by the state or abrogated by Congress. U.S. Const, amend. XI; see Manders v. Lee, 338 F.3d 1304, 1308 (11th Cir.2003). The State of Alabama has not agreed to be sued under the circumstances present here. The Aabama State Constitution provides "[t]hat the State of Alabama shall never be made a defendant in any court of law or equity." Ala. Const. Art. I, § 14; see also Alabama v. Pugh, 438 U.S. 781, 782, 98 S.Ct. 3057, 57 L.Ed.2d 1114 (1978). Selensky has presented no evidence that Congress abrogated Alabama's Eleventh Amendment immunity over her present claims. Accordingly, we AFFIRM the district court's dismissal of this action.
. We may affirm the district court's judgment on any ground that appears in the record, see Thomas v. Cooper Lighting, Inc., 506 F.3d 1361, 1364 (11th Cir.2007); we note, however, that the magistrate judge recommended dismissal for the reasons later adopted by the district court as well as on grounds of Eleventh Amendment immunity.