Leffall v. Dallas Independent School District

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• holding that the removal clock began to run when the defendants received a pleading that revealed on its face that the plaintiff was bringing a section 1983 claim
• holding that the removal clock began to run when the defendants received a pleading that revealed on its face that the plaintiff was bringing a section 1983 claim
• finding that the district's decision to hire two unarmed security guards for a school dance where a student was fatally shot established a lack of deliberate indifference despite awareness of the risk of violence
• explaining that 42 U.S.C. § 1983 provides a cause of action for a plaintiff that alleges a violation of constitutional rights by a person acting under color of state law
• requiring allegation that policy or custom was “a cause in fact of the deprivation of rights inflicted”
• discussing how a plaintiff must allege that an official policy or custom was a “cause in fact of the deprivation of rights inflicted.”

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