Parrilla-Burgos v. Hernandez-Rivera

How courts have described this case

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• granting summary judgment in a case where the officer was out of uniform and on medical leave but carried police identification and a service revolver and announced himself as a police officer
• officer did not act under color of law when his actions precipitated a private dispute
• statements to fellow bar patrons that off-duty officer could “look dirty” at them because he was a police officer were insufficient to find liability
• a police officer’s “mere statements” asserting a privilege do not color his actions under state law when the asserted privilege lies “clearly outside” his duties
• officer was not acting under color of law when he shot someone because of a barroom dispute
• factors such as an officer's attire, duty status, and use of a service revolver are relevant to, but not determinative of, this issue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).