Is participation in civil rights violations sufficient to withstand a motion to dismiss?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Smart v. Ortiz, Case No.: 17CV1454 AJB (BGS) (S.D. Cal. 2018):
participation in civil rights violations are not sufficient to withstand a motion to dismiss." Litmon v. Harris, 768 F.3d 1237, 1241 (9th Cir. 2014) (citing Pena v Gardner, 976 F.2d 469, 471 (9th Cir 1992)).
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