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Doe v. Holcomb

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on October 1, 2018.

Docket No.17-1637
Op. Below7th Cir.

Issue

(1) Whether the 11th Amendment prevents the entry of injunctive and declaratory relief in federal court against a governor, attorney general and state-court administrator to prevent the continued enforcement of a categorical and nonwaivable state ban against granting a legal change of name to any person who is not a United States citizen; and (2) whether the article III standing doctrines of causation and redressability bar the entry of injunctive and declaratory relief in federal court against a county clerk of court to prevent the continued enforcement of a categorical and nonwaivable state ban on granting a legal change of name to any person who is not a United States citizen.

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