In Re Benhur Isaac Castro Rodriguez v. the State of Texas

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• holding that state agencies have no constitutional duty to protect child from his father after receiving numerous and repeated reports of abuse
• holding that state agencies have no constitutional duty to protect child from his father after receiving numerous and repeated reports of abuse
• holding that states have no substantive due process obligation to protect children against private violence
• holding that, as a general matter, a state's \failure to protect an individual against private violence simply does not constitute a violation of the Due Process Clause\
• holding that, as a general matter, a state's \failure to protect an individual against private violence simply does not constitute a violation of the Due Process Clause\
• holding that the due process clause does not generally confer affirmative rights to governmental aid, even where such aid may be necessary to secure life

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