Bouye v. Marshall

How courts have described this case

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• finding that an off-duty officer was acting within his discretionary authority where he wore his uniform, displayed his badge, patrolled the premises, and used official authority to detain and search the plaintiff
• noting “[a] defendant acts under color of state law by ‘acting with power possessed by virtue of the defendant’s employment with the governmental entity’” and “[g]overnment employment alone … is insufficient”
• noting “[a] defendant acts under color of state law by ‘acting with power possessed by virtue of the defendant’s employment with the governmental entity’” and “[g]overnment employment alone … is insufficient”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).