Dandy Ebmeier v. Jill Stump, Dennis S. O'brien, and Ann Stillman

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• “We take this opportunity to emphasize that violations of state laws, state-agency regulations, and, more particularly, state-court orders, do not by themselves state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.”
• also noting that “[a]lthough it is true that constitutional significance may attach to certain interests created by state law, not every transgression of state law does double duty as a constitutional violation”
• “We take this opportunity to emphasize that violations of state laws, state-agency regulations, and…state-court orders, do not by themselves state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Section 1983 guards and vindicates federal rights alone”
• “Section 1983 guards and vindicates federal rights alone.”

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