Arthur Clark Melissa Clark v. Earl Link R.E. Combs, and Charles Britt Fredrickia Britt Frank Stanley

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• holding that a “section 1983 claim can only be sustained by allegations and proof of a violation of the Constitution or statutes of the United States and specifically may not rest solely on a violation of state statutes or qualify as a common law tort.”
• noting there must be a deprivation of a protected liberty interest for procedural due process concerns to arise
• “[A] section 1983 claim can only be sustained by allegations and proof of a violation of the Constitution or statutes of the United States and specifically may not rest solely on a violation of state statutes or qualify as a common law tort.”
• “[A] section 1983 claim can only be sustained by allegations and proof of a violation of the Constitution or statutes of the United States and specifically may not rest solely on a violation of state statutes or qualify as a common law tort.”

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