Can an action be brought against the successors of an official who had engaged in the same practice that led to the action?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Bell v. Payan, No. 2: 14-cv-0965 GEB KJN P (E.D. Cal. 2015):
continue against an official's successors despite objection that the successors had not personally engaged in the same practice that had led to the suit. However, because a suit against an official in his or her official capacity is a suit against the state, a practice, policy or procedure of the state must be at issue in a claim for official capacity injunctive relief. Haber v. Melo, 502 U.S. 21, 25 (1991).
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