Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit June 22, 2004, 02-3852 (S.J. v. Hamilton County, Ohio Hillcrest Training School and William H. Hamilton)

BOGGS, Chief Judge.

This case presents the question of whether Hihcrest Training School, a juvenile facility created pursuant to Ohio Rev. Code § 2151.65, is cloaked with Ohio’s sovereign immunity against a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought by a former Hill-crest resident. , The district court held that Hillcrest was not entitled to sovereign immunity. For the reasons explained below, we affirm.