2007 incident. Second, the Eighth Circuit has clarified that, while compensatory damages are precluded by § 1997e(e) if there is no showing of a physical injury, a prisoner can still recover nominal damages, punitive damages, and equitable injunctive relief for the constitutional violation. Royal v. Kautzky, 375 F.3d 720, 723 (8th Cir.2004). Accordingly, the Court concludes that this argument is without merit. H. Official Capacity Claims Plaintiff has named Defendants in both their individual and official capacities. “A suit against a county is not regarded as a suit against the state within the meaning of the Eleventh Amendment.” Land v. Washington County, Mn., 243 F.3d 1093, 1095 n. 3 (8th Cir.2001); see also Hadley v. N. Ark. Comm. Tech. College, 76 F.3d 1437, 1438 (8th Cir.1996) (<HOLDING>). Thus, a plaintiff may sue a county official
holding that school boards in alabama counties were not arms or alter egos of the state for purposes of eleventh amendment immunity recognizing the unique status of counties and cities that enables the legislature to regulate their tort liability holding that  1983 does not override a states eleventh amendment immunity holding that eleventh amendment immunity does not extend to independent political subdivisions created by the state such as counties and cities holding that  1983 does not override states eleventh amendment immunity