Can a state law issue be transformed into federal law issue by merely invoking due process?
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The following excerpt is from Lipsey v. Brown, No. 2:18-cv-1997 AC P (E.D. Cal. 2020):
Section 1983); see also Langford v. Day, 110 F.3d 1380, 1389 (9th Cir. 1996) (state law issue cannot be transformed into federal law issue by merely invoking due process). Thus, to the extent the complaint challenges the construction and/or need for amendment of Proposition 57, the claims are not cognizable.
3. Proposition 57 Is Rationally Related to Legitimate Government Purpose
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