Williams v. Marinelli

Eleventh Amendment did not bar relief against individual corrections officer for failing to protect plaintiff from attack from another prisoner; State voluntarily undertook to satisfy judgment on behalf of officer, then recouped more than half of it based on cost-of-incarceration lien and public defender costs; State’s actions were preempted by § 1983 because they conflicted with the statute’s purpose of deterring constitutional violations; held that judgment against defendant Marinelli remained unsatisfied and noted that State remained free to recover its payments to plaintiff in state courts.