Richard L. Alexander v. City of South Bend, South Bend Police Department, Darrell Gunn, Individually and as Chief of the South Bend Police Department

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• concluding that a municipality could not be liable under Monell for “a policy or custom of inadequately training and supervising its police officers . . . unless it violated a constitutional guarantee”
• concluding evidence of telephone communications between law enforcement officers amid criminal investigation was insufficient to establish conspiracy
• finding that a plaintiff cannot pursue a Monell claim absent proof of a constitutional violation
• noting that a municipality may not be held liable under Monell for failure to supervise its police officers when the plaintiff fails to demonstrate any constitutional violation
• noting that a municipality may not be held liable under Monell for failure to train adequately or to supervise its police officers when the plaintiff fails to demonstrate any constitutional violation by a municipal employee
• finding that a municipality defendant cannot be liable under Monell for a policy or custom of inadequately training and supervising its police officers, unless the defendant violated a constitutional guarantee

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