Ralph E. Thornton Cheryl A. Thornton v. City of St. Helens Warren Baker Brian Little

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• explaining that “conclusory statements of bias do not carry the nonmoving parly’s burden in opposition to a motion for summary judgment”
• noting that a plaintiff cannot state a § 1985(3) claim where they are unable to state a § 1983 claim based upon the same facts
• explaining that conclusory statements of bias were not 19 sufficient to prevent summary judgment
• “An equal protection claim will not lie by conflating all persons not injured into a preferred class receiving better treatment than the plaintiff.”
• “The groups must be comprised of similarly situated persons so that the factor motivating the alleged discrimination can be identified.”
• “The absence of a section 1983 deprivation of rights precludes a section 1985 conspiracy claim predicated on the same allegations.” (citation omitted)

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