The following excerpt is from Gray v. Romero, Case No. 1:13-cv-01473 DLB PC (E.D. Cal. 2016):
If a constitutional claim is covered by a specific constitutional provision, the claim must be analyzed under the standard appropriate to that specific provision, not under the rubric of substantive due process. County of Sacramento v. Lewis, 523 U.S. 833, 843, 118 S.Ct. 1708 (1998) (quotation marks and citation omitted).
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