California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lindsey v. City of Fontana, E058047 (Cal. App. 2014):
The parties agree defendants were acting under color of law. The issue is whether defendants' conduct deprived plaintiffs of their rights, privileges, or immunities under the Constitution or federal law: "Section 1983 allows individuals to sue state actors for violating their federal constitutional or statutory rights. (Parratt v. Taylor (1981) 451 U.S. 527, 535, 68 L .Ed. 2d 420, 428, 101 S. Ct. 1908, overruled in part on other grounds
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