Grullon v. City of New Haven

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that \[c]ourts have disagreed as to whether the five Colon factors continue to apply after Iqbal\ and collecting cases
• granting leave to amend where the plaintiff made allegations outside the complaint that, if incorporated into the amended complaint, could state a valid claim
• reversing dismissal of Grullon’s claim against warden although he had alleged that he sent a letter to the warden complaining of prison conditions.
• discussing ways of establishing a defendant’s personal involvement in a constitutional tort
• “[A] pro se complaint generally should not be dismissed without granting the plaintiff leave to amend at least once. . . .”
• To establish a defendant's individual liability in a Section 1983 lawsuit, a plaintiff must show \the defendant's personal involvement in the alleged constitutional deprivation.\

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