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· 8/27/1980

Michael L. Dunn v. L. Dwayne Hackworth

Citations

  • 628 F.2d 1111
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 14537

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “The actions of privately retained counsel are not considered state action and therefore cannot form the basis of a § 1983 claim.”
  • “The actions of privately retained counsel are not considered state action and therefore cannot form the basis of a § 1983 claim.”
  • “The actions of privately retained counsel are not considered state action and therefore cannot form the basis of a [§] 1983 claim.”

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Judges: Lay, Heaney, Arnold

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