Association for Government Accountability, et al. v. Steve Simon, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Minnesota Secretary of State, et al.
Privacy
Whether the Ex Parte Young exception for prospective injunctive relief applies in federal court actions against state officials in their official capacities under the Drivers Protection Privacy Act of 1994
Whether the Ex Parte Young exception for prospective injunctive relief applies in federal court actions against state officials in their official capacities under the Drivers Protection Privacy Act of 1994, 18 U.S.C. 2721, et seq., where the Act omits “state officials” as a defined “person” and the Act’s remedial scheme is not detailed and incomplete because it omits relief from continuing individual “state official” violations of federal law questioning the application of the exception to the Ex parte Young exception articulated in Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44 (1996).