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· 10/15/2014

Estate Frank P. Lagano v. Bergen County Prosecutors Offi

Citations

  • 769 F.3d 850
  • 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 19722
  • 2014 WL 5155213

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that an illegal search claim accrues when plaintiff knew or should have known about the search and seizure
  • stating that state agencies and their officials acting in their official capacity are not “persons” under §§ 1983 and 1985
  • state detectives and prosecutors not “persons” amenable to suit under Section 1983 for damages in their official capacities
  • “[T]he ... complaint must be read as a whole, and its averments and the inferences reasonably drawn from those averments must be viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff.”

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Judges: Vanaskie, Chagares, Greenaway, Vanaski

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