Maurice Oscar Byrd v. William Armontrout, Warden of Missouri State Penitentiary

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• holding that a defendant is personally liable under 42 U.S.C. 7 § 1983 “only upon a showing of personal participation by the defendant”
• no respondent superior liability, or supervisory liability, under Section 8 1983, i.e. no liability under theory that one is liable simply because he supervises person who has 9 violated plaintiff’s right
• Under no circumstances is there respondeat 24 superior liability under section 1983.
• “There is no respondeat superior liability under section 1983.”
• “There is no respondeat superior liability under section 1983.”
• no respondeat superior liability under Section 1983

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