The following excerpt is from Williams v. Price, Case No. 1:18-cv-00102-LJO-SAB (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2018):
13. The "post-deprivation rule" does not apply to claims alleging a deprivation of a right guaranteed by the substantive due process clause. See Zinermon v. Burch, 494 U.S. 113, 125 (1990).
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