The following excerpt is from Ortiz v. Garza, Case No.: 1:15-cv-01370 - DAD - JLT (E.D. Cal. 2016):
Plaintiff seeks to assert violations of his civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983 ("Section 1983"), which "is a method for vindicating federal rights elsewhere conferred." Albright v. Oliver, 510 U.S. 266, 271 (1994). Pursuant to Section 1983:
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