The following excerpt is from Maldonado v. Superior Court of Kern Cnty., Case No.: 1:12-cv-01467 - AWI - JLT (E.D. Cal. 2013):
Plaintiff seeks to proceed in this action under 42 U.S.C. 1983 ("Section 1983"), which "is a method for vindicating federal rights elsewhere conferred." Albright v. Oliver, 510 U.S. 266, 271 (1994). Thus, an individual may bring an action for the deprivation of civil rights pursuant to Section 1983, which states in relevant part:
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