
    Cyrus Yoo KIM, Plaintiff — Appellant, v. WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING; Fred E. Stephens, Agency Director, Defendants — Appellees.
    No. 05-35818.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Feb. 13, 2006.
    
    Decided Feb. 22, 2006.
    Cyrus Yoo Kim, Federal Way, WA, pro se.
    Masako Kanazawa, Esq., AGWA — Office of the Washington Attorney General, Seattle, WA, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Before: FERNANDEZ, RYMER, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Cyrus Yoo Kim appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging defendants violated his civil rights by suspending his driver’s license due to his failure to obtain insurance. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Montana v. Goldin (In re Pegasus Gold Corp.), 394 F.3d 1189, 1193 (9th Cir.2005), and we affirm.

The district court properly concluded that Kim’s claims against the Washington State Department of Licensing and its director were barred by sovereign immunity. See id. at 1195 (state agencies are protected by Eleventh Amendment immunity); see also Pennhurst State Sch. & Hosp. v. Halderman, 465 U.S. 89, 101, 104 S.Ct. 900, 79 L.Ed.2d 67 (1984) (“The Eleventh Amendment bars a suit against state officials when the state is the real, substantial party in interest.”) (internal quotations omitted).

The remaining contentions lack merit.

AFFIRMED 
      
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