The following excerpt is from Emmerick v. Ridgecrest Reg'l Hosp., Case No.: 1:17-cv-01160- DAD - JLT (E.D. Cal. 2018):
Section 1983 "is a method for vindicating federal rights elsewhere conferred." Albright v. Oliver, 510 U.S. 266, 271 (1994). An individual may bring a civil rights action pursuant to Section 1983, which provides:
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