The following excerpt is from Monclova-Chavez v. McEachern, Case No.: 1:08-cv-00076-AWI-BAM (E.D. Cal. 2013):
1983, the plaintiff must show an agreement or a meeting of the minds to violate a constitutional right); Thompson v. City of Lawrence, 58 F.3d 1511, 1517 (10th Cir. 1995) (a conspiracy under section 1983 requires that the plaintiff prove both the existence of a conspiracy and the deprivation of a constitutional right).
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