In the Interest of A.W., a Child v. the State of Texas

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• holding that “in the absence of a constitutional deprivation,” a plaintiff cannot “sustain a cause of action . . . under [§] 1983”
• noting that when there is no constitutional violation, the court has no occasion to consider the liability of the county
• noting that when there is no USCA11 Case: 23-11261 Document: 40-1 Date Filed: 08/09/2024 Page: 16 of 17 16 Opinion of the Court 23-11261 constitutional violation, it is unnecessary to consider the county’s liability
• finding no supervisory liability where there was no underlying violation of clearly established constitutional rights
• finding it unnecessary to 12 Howard’s citation to Geist v. Ammary, 40 F. Supp. 3d 467, 471-73 (E.D. Pa. 2014
• finding no supervisory liability where there was no underlying violation of clearly established constitutional rights

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).