”Jolley v. Corr. Managed Health Care, No. 3:04-cv-1582 (RNC), 2009 WL 233667, at *3 (D. Conn. Jan. 30, 2009), aff'd, 375 Fed.Appx. 67 (2d Cir. 2010). As a division of a state agency, UCONN Correction Managed Health Care is entitled to immunity under the Eleventh Amendment.
Because UCONN is a state agency, it is not considered to be a person subject to suit under section 1983. See Gaby v. Board of Trustees of Community Technical Colleges, 348 F.3d 62, 63 (2d Cir. 2003) (per curiam) (noting decisions holding that state universities and their boards of trustees are not persons within the meaning of section 1983); Stewart v. John Dempsey Hospital, No. 3:03-cv-1703 (WWE), 2004 WL 78145, at *2 (D. Conn. Jan. 9, 2004) (holding that John Dempsey Hospital University of Connecticut Health Center is not a person within the meaning of section 1983); Jolly v. Correctional Managed Health Care, No. 3:04-cv-1582 (RNC), 2009 WL 233667, at *3 (D. Conn. Jan. 30, 2009) (holding that Correctional Managed Health Care, as "a division of a state agency, the University of Connecticut Health Center," is not a person within the meaning of § 1983), aff'd, 375 Fed. App'x 67 (2d Cir. 2010); Cassells v. Univ. Hosp. at Stony Brook, No. 86 C 0698, 1987 WL 3717, at *4 (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 12, 1987) ("[P]laintiff's section 1983 claim against State University and University Hospital must fall because neither is a "person" within the meaning of section 1983.").
The University of Connecticut Health Center is a state agency that is not subject to 1983 suits. See, e.g., Jolley v. Corr. Managed Health Care, 2009 WL 233667, at *3 (D. Conn. 2009), aff'd, 375 F. App'x 67 (2d Cir. 2010). Accordingly, plaintiff's claim against the University of Connecticut Health Center is dismissed.
Correctional Managed Health Care provides medical treatment to inmates and "is a division of a state agency, the University of Connecticut Health Center." Jolly v. Correctional Managed Health Care, 2009 WL 233667, at *3 (D. Conn. Jan. 30, 2009), aff'd, 375 F. App'x 67 (2d Cir. 2010) (summary order). Because Correctional Managed Health Care is a division of a state agency, it is not considered to be a person subject to suit under section 1983.
The Department of Correction and the University of Connecticut Health Center are state agencies. See Jolley v. Correctional Managed Health Care, Case No. 3:04-cv-1582 (RNC), 2009 WL 233667, at *3 (D. Conn. Jan. 30, 2009), aff'd, 375 F. App'x 67 (2d Cir. 2010) (explaining that Correctional Managed Health Care "is a division of a state agency, the University of Connecticut Health Center"); see also Vaden v. Connecticut, 557 F. Supp. 2d 279, 288 (D. Conn. 2008); Garris v. Department of Correction, 170 F. Supp. 2d 182, 186 (D. Conn. 2001). Because it is a division of a state agency, Correctional Managed Health Care is not a "person" within the meaning of section 1983.
UCONN is a also a state agency. See Jolly v. Corr. Managed Health Care, Case No. 3:04cv1582(RNC), 2009 WL 233667, at *3 (D. Conn. Jan. 30, 2009) (Correctional Managed Health Care provides medical treatment to inmates and "is a division of a state agency, the University of Connecticut Health Center"), aff'd, 375 F. App'x 67 (2d Cir. 2010). Like other state agencies, neither the Department of Correction, nor UCONN is a person within the meaning of section 1983.
Correctional Managed Health Care provides medical treatment to inmates and "is a division of a state agency, the University of Connecticut Health Center." Jolly v. Correctional Managed Health Care, Case No. 3:04cv1582(RNC), 2009 WL 233667, at *3 (D. Conn. Jan. 30, 2009), aff'd, 375 F. App'x 67 (2d Cir. 2010). Because Correctional Managed Health Care is a division of a state agency, it is not considered to be a person subject to suit under Section 1983.
Correctional Managed Health Care ("CMHC") provides medical treatment to inmates and "is a division of a state agency, the University of Connecticut Health Center." Jolly v. Correctional Managed Health Care, 2009 WL 233667, at *3 (D. Conn. Jan. 30, 2009), aff'd, 375 F. App'x 67 (2d Cir. 2010). Because Correctional Managed Health Care is a division of a state agency, it is not considered to be a person subject to suit under section 1983.