The following excerpt is from West v. Bailey, CASE NO. 11cv1760-MMA (POR) (S.D. Cal. 2012):
3. "[A] federal court, consistent with the Eleventh Amendment, may enjoin state officials to conform their future conduct to the requirements of federal law." Quern v. Jordan, 440 U.S. 332, 337 (1979).
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