Ninth Circuit· 6/23/1989

Collins v. Womancare

Citations

878 F.2d 1145
1989 WL 67061

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finding no joint activity because impetus for arrest came entirely from citizen, police officer refused to make arrest himself, and police maintained strict neutrality in dispute
finding a 6 citizen’s arrest group did not qualify as “acting under color of state law” for purposes of § 7 1983
finding a 22 citizen’s arrest group did not qualify as “acting under color of state law” for purposes of § 23 1983
finding no state action where impetus for arrests came from 6 private employees and not police officers
finding no state action where state official used independent judgment, rather than the judgment of a private party, in issuing citations to protesters violating preliminary injunction
“[Plaintiffs’] challenge 26 fails [the Lugar test] because their claim depends upon the 27 violation of California’s citizen’s arrest statute.”

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Judges: Canby, Trott, Wallace

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