Does a defendant have to be held liable for violating a plaintiff's constitutional rights under section 1983 of the 1983 Civil Procedure Act?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Reyes v. Chief Med. Officer, Case No.: 3:20-cv-01445-JLS-JLB (S.D. Cal. 2020):
F.3d 1128, 1138 (9th Cir. 2012); see also Rawson v. Recovery Innovations, Inc., No. 19-35520, ___ F.3d ___, 2020 WL 5405684, at *3 (9th Cir. Sept. 9, 2020) ("Pursuant to 1983, a defendant may be liable for violating a plaintiff's constitutional rights only if the defendant committed the alleged deprivation while acting under color of state law.").
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