Geoffrey Gray, et al. v. Washington State Department of Transportation, et al.

Should this Court grant certiorari to correct the error of the Court of Appeals below, where the Court of Appeals, contrary to binding authority of this Court and contrary to the jurisprudence of other Circuit Courts of $SSHDODSSOLHGDTXDOLÀHGLPPXQLW\DIÀUPDWLYHGHIHQVH to bar an Ex Parte Young claim for prospective injunctive UHOLHIDJDLQVWVWDWHRIÀFLDOVLQWKHLURIÀFLDOFDSDFLW"Yes.

To the extent that the Court of Appeals below went against the consensus holdings of other Courts of Appeals, by failing to give the plaintiffs below any opportunity to amend their complaint to cure the defects noted in its Memorandum Opinion, should this Court grant certiorari to bring the Ninth Circuit back into harmony ZLWKWKHUHVWRIWKHIHGHUDOMXGLFLDU\RQWKDWSRLQW"Yes.

Should this Court grant certiorari to correct the error of the Court of Appeals below, where the Court of Appeals, contrary to binding authority of this Court, refused to consider precedent adduced by Petitioners IRUWKHÀUVWWLPHRQDSSHDOLQVXSSRUWRIWKHLUDUJXPHQW against Respondents’ qualified immunity affirmative GHIHQVH"Yes.