Leshko v. Servis

How courts have described this case

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• holding that state approval or acquiescence is not considered conduct under color of law for Section 1983 purposes
• holding that the fact that private parties are regulated by the state does 26 not convert them into state actors
• holding that foster parents are not state actors under § 1983
• finding that defendants performed duties delegated by the state were not state actors because there was no allegation that the state participated in or encouraged the challenged action
• explaining that to state a claim of liability under § 1983, a plaintiff must allege that he was deprived of a federal constitutional or statutory right by a state actor
• rejecting application of a common law parens patrie duty and holding that foster parents are not state actors under Section 1983

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