261 F.3d 1242 (11th Cir. 2001) PATRICIA GARRETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Defendant-Appellee, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Intervenor. MILTON ASH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Intervenor. Nos. 98-6069, 98-6070 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT August 16, 2001 Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
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GARRETT v. UNIVERSITY OF ALA. AT BIRMINGHAM,261 F.3d 1242(11th Cir. 2001)
Patricia GARRETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT
BIRMINGHAM BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Defendant-Appellee, The United States of
America, Intervenor. Milton Ash, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alabama
Department of Youth Services, Defendant-Appellee, The United States of
America, Intervenor.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
August 16, 2001.
Page 1243
Kirsten Hunt Kowalski, Deborah A. Mattison, Richard J. Ebbinghouse, Sandra B. Reiss, Kirsten Hunt Kowalski, Gordon, Silberman, Wiggins Childs, Birmingham, AL, Mark B. Stern, Dept. of Justice, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for Appellants.
Lisa Huggins, Gary C. Smith, UAB Office of Counsel, Birmingham, AL, William J. Samford, II, General Counsel/AL Dept. of Youth Services, Mt. Meigs, AL, Alice Ann Byrne, Montgomery, AL, for Appellees.
Alisa Klein, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. App., Washington, DC, for Intervenor.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, RONEY, Circuit Judge, and COOK,District Judge.
PER CURIAM:
This case is before the Court on remand from the United States Supreme Court,see Board of Trustees of the Univ. of Alabama v.Garrett,531 U.S. 356,Page 1244121 S.Ct. 955,148 L.Ed.2d 866(2001), regarding the issue whether two Alabama state agencies were entitled to sovereign immunity regarding claims brought against them under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213. The district court in this case entered summary judgment in favor of the state agencies. Adhering to our intervening decision inKimel v. StateBd. of Regents,139 F.3d 1426,1433(11th Cir. 1998),cert.granted,525 U.S. 1121,119 S.Ct. 901,142 L.Ed.2d 901,cert.dismissed,528 U.S. 1184,120 S.Ct. 1236,145 L.Ed.2d 1131(2000), we held that the state is not immune from suit under the ADA and reversed the judgment of the district court against plaintiffs.See Garrett v. University of Ala. at Birmingham Bd.of Trustees,193 F.3d 1214,1218(11th Cir. 1999). The Supreme Court granted certiorari in this case to resolve a split among the Courts of Appeals on this question, and reversed our decision, holding that suits in federal court by state employees to recover money damages by reason of the state's failure to comply with the ADA are barred by the Eleventh Amendment. InGarrett,we also held that the "decision under the Rehabilitation Act is also controlled by this Court's decision as to the ADA inKimel."193 F.3d at 1218. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court regarding both the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act must be affirmed based on the Supreme Court's decision.
AFFIRMED.