context: Defendants are both members of the New York State Police. (Dkt. 1 at PP2-4). "Claims against state employees in their official capacity are deemed claims against the state itself, and are barred by the Eleventh Amendment."
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 2011 WL 5080195, at *2
citation_a.parenthetical: dismissing claims against New York State Troopers in their official capacities
citation_a.sentence: Coleman v. Beale, 636 F.Supp.2d 207, 212 (W.D.N.Y.2009); see Gianni v. Kopp, No. 1:11-cv-498 (GLS/DRH), 2011 WL 5080195, at *2 (N.D.N.Y. Oct. 26, 2011) (dismissing claims against New York State Troopers in their official capacities).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: "This bar exists whether the relief sought is legal or equitable."
citation_b.sentence: See also Papasan v. Allain, 478 U.S. 265, 276, 106 S.Ct. 2932, 92 L.Ed.2d 209 (1986) (“This bar exists whether the relief sought is legal or equitable.”).