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Ninth Circuit· 12/27/1978

Johnson v. Duffy

Citations

  • 588 F.2d 740
  • 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 6745

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  • holding that the defendant had the responsibility of transferring the plaintiff 26 to a different institution and that he had not delegated his duty, which may subject the defendant to 27 section 1983 liability
  • holding that a person may be held liable under § 1983 for “setting in motion a series of acts by others which the actor knows or reasonably should know would cause others to inflict the constitutional injury”
  • explaining that a person subjects another to adeprivation of a 7 constitutional right if he does an act, participates in another’s act,or fails to perform an act that he 8 is legally required to do that causes the alleged deprivation
  • stating that a person subjects another to the 15 deprivation of a constitutional right if he does an act, participates in another’s act, or omits to 16 perform an act he is legally required to do that causes the alleged deprivation
  • stating that a person subjects another to the 24 deprivation of a constitutional right if he does an act, participates in another’s act, or omits to 25 perform an act he is legally required to do that causes the alleged deprivation
  • explaining that a person subjects 19 another to the deprivation of a constitutional right if he does an act, participates in another’s act or 20 omits to perform an act he is legally required to do that causes the alleged deprivation

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