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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 33 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Brown v. Montoya.

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1 Brown v. Montoya Anchor
ca10 · 2011
green “section 1983 plaintiffs may sue individual-capacity defendants only for money damages and official-capacity defendants only for injunctive relief.” 24
2 Kristin A. Greenawalt v. Indiana Department of Corrections, William K. Kromann, and Kathy J. Lisby
ca7 · 2005
green “ection 1983 does not permit injunctive relief against state officials sued in their individual as distinct from their official capacity.” 9

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