John Crumpton, IV v. Daryl Gates Tom Bradley Tom Reddin Ed Davis Herbert Boeckmann Maxwell E. Greenberg Barbara L. Schlei Robert Talcott

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• setting forth elements of a § 1983 claim, including that the defendant be acting under color of state law
• “Section 1983 does not create substantive rights; it merely serves as the procedural device for enforcing substantive provisions of the Constitution and federal statutes.”
• elements of a § 1983 claim are “(1) a 18 violation of rights protected by the Constitution or created by federal statute, (2) proximately 19 caused (3) by conduct of a ‘person’ (4) acting under color of state law”

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