Garcia v. City of Merced

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• holding that 3 city police department and county sheriff’s department were not “persons” under Section 1983
• finding 4 that § 815.2 allows respondeat superior liability against public entities for the intentional torts of 5 its employees
• dismissing City of Merced Police Department as improper defendant under § 1983

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