Pugh v. Downs

How courts have described this case

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

• “Applying the teachings of Cruz” to reject the plaintiff’s allegations of “a tenuous arrangement whereby [PSP] and [casino security] worked in concert to enforce security at the casino”
• finding in alternative that allegation that private casino guard acted in concert with police officers to beat plaintiff was not sufficient to establish casino guard’s agreement to engage in Section 1983 conspiracy with police officers
• a defendant will only be liable under § 1983 where he is a state actor or his actions can be fairly attributed to state action
• “In order to state a conspiracy claim under Section 1983, a plaintiff must show that two or more conspirators reached an agreement to deprive her of a constitutional right under color of state law.”
• “[T]he deciding inquiry was whether the state official surrendered the exercise of its official judgment to a private party, either pursuant to an agreement or statute, thus turning the private party into a state actor.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).