context: Furthermore, Bolton is being sued in his official capacity, not as an individual, to enjoin him from acting as directed by a Dallas City ordinance. In actions against public officials in their official capacities, the doctrine of qualified immunity plays no part, prohibiting neither the grant of injunctive relief, nor the award of attorney's fees.
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citation_a.identifier: 868 F.2d 165, 168
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that attorney's fees may be awarded against a public official even when the official is immune from money damages
citation_a.sentence: See Jackson v. Galan, 868 F.2d 165, 168 (5th Cir.1989) (holding that attorney’s fees may be awarded against a public official even when the official is immune from money damages); see also Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York, 436 U.S. 658, 700, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978) (“Indeed, municipalities simply cannot ‘arrange their affairs’ on an assumption that they can violate constitutional rights indefinitely since injunctive suits against local officials under § 1983 would prohibit any such arrangement.”)
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: "Indeed, municipalities simply cannot 'arrange their affairs' on an assumption that they can violate constitutional rights indefinitely since injunctive suits against local officials under SS 1983 would prohibit any such arrangement."
citation_b.sentence: See Jackson v. Galan, 868 F.2d 165, 168 (5th Cir.1989) (holding that attorney’s fees may be awarded against a public official even when the official is immune from money damages); see also Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York, 436 U.S. 658, 700, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978) (“Indeed, municipalities simply cannot ‘arrange their affairs’ on an assumption that they can violate constitutional rights indefinitely since injunctive suits against local officials under § 1983 would prohibit any such arrangement.”)