Attorney General Edward Manibusan announced yesterday that the Office of the Attorney General was successful in its victory in Ramsey v. Muna et al at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n
The Ninth Circuit had ruled in Ramsey vs Mu\u00f1a et al that the Commonwealth is entitled to sovereign immunity in federal courts from claims arising under the Commonwealth\u2019s own laws. <\/p>\n
Manibusan said: \u201cSovereign immunity is the concept that a sovereign government can only be sued with its consent. The U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s denial of Ramsey\u2019s petition is an important victory as it upholds the Ninth Circuit\u2019s decision placing the Commonwealth on par with all other states and territories of the union who cannot be hauled into federal court to answer for claims based upon their own laws without their consent.\u201d <\/p>\n
Gary Ramsey, a physician, had sued the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp., seeking damages and injunctive relief after being denied admitting privileges. <\/p>\n
After his loss in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Ramsey submitted a petition for writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court, in hopes of having the Ninth Circuit decision overturned.<\/p>\n
The Office of the Attorney General in turn submitted with the Supreme Court a brief in opposition. On Oct. 30, 2017, the OAG\u2019s brief in opposition was favorably taken and Ramsey\u2019s petition was formally denied, making the Commonwealth\u2019s sovereign immunity certain in federal cases arising out of Commonwealth law. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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