The following excerpt is from Brown v. Spearman, No. 2:17-cv-2371 DB P (E.D. Cal. 2018):
Co. Soc. Servs. Dep't, 489 U.S. 189, 201-03 (1989) (section 1983 does not impose liability for violations of state law); Cousins v. Lockyer, 568 F.3d 1063, 1070 (9th Cir. 2009) (a failure to comply with prison regulations does not establish a federal constitutional violation).
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