The following excerpt is from Taylor v. Brentwood Union Free School Dist., 143 F.3d 679 (2nd Cir. 1998):
Our decision in Jeffries v. Harleston, 52 F.3d 9 (2d Cir.1995), controls the outcome of this case. In that case, we held that although the actions of certain defendants were unconstitutional, liability under 1983 did not attach because such actions could not be considered the cause of any injury sustained by the plaintiff.
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