What are the requirements for an amended complaint to identify as defendant only persons who personally participated in a substantial way in depriving a plaintiff of a federal constitutional right?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Smith v. Siskiyou Cnty. Jail, No. 2:15-cv-2534-EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2017):

Any amended complaint must identify as a defendant only persons who personally participated in a substantial way in depriving him of a federal constitutional right. Johnson v. Duffy, 588 F.2d 740, 743 (9th Cir. 1978) (a person subjects another to the deprivation of a

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