The following excerpt is from Lacey v. Maricopa Cnty., 693 F.3d 896 (9th Cir. 2012):
588 F.2d 740, 743-44 (9th Cir.1978) (citation omitted); see also Starr v. Baca, 652 F.3d 1202, 1205 (9th Cir.2011) (holding that an official "need not be 'directly and personally involved in the same way as are the individual officers who are on the
scene inflicting constitutional injury'" to be held liable as long as "culpable action... is directly attributed to [him]" (quoting Larez v. City of L.A., 946 F.2d 630, 645 (9th Cir.1991))).
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