Finding that a state official sued in her official capacity should be treated as a state, which was found not to be a "person" under a similarly worded long-arm statute
Finding that in this context, de novo means “a fresh, independent determination of ‘the matter’ at stake,” and the court need not give “deference ... [to] the agency's conclusion”
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Finding that it is a Department of Justice component that has as its principal function the enforcement of criminal laws includ[ing] correctional authorities