Cynthia Diane Yelling v. St. Vincent's Health System

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How courts have described this case

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• holding that an individual is -1181 acting under color of state law when he is exercising his responsibilities pursuant to state law
• holding that physician, who treated inmates pursuant to part-time contract, was fulfilling state's Eighth Amendment obligations and therefore acted under color of state law
• holding that physician, who treated inmates pursuant to part-time contract, was fulfilling state’s Eighth Amendment obligations and therefore acted under color of state law
• holding that physician, who treated inmates pursuant to part-time contract, was fulfilling state's Eighth Amendment obligations and therefore acted under color of state law
• holding that acting under color of state law is “a jurisdictional requisite for a § 1983 action”
• holding that a private doctor treating prisoners under a contract with state prison authorities acted under color of state law for purposes of § 1983 suit alleging Eighth Amendment violation

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