Serbalik v. Gray

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• A private party does not act under color of state law when she merely elicits state aid or invokes the exercise of the state official’s authority
• \[A] private party does not act under color of state law when she merely elicits but does not join in an exercise of official state authority.\ (quoting Auster Oil & Gas, Inc. v. Stream , 764 F.2d 381 , 388 (5th Cir. 1985) )
• “[A] private party does not act under color of state law when she merely elicits but does not join in an exercise of official state authority.” (quoting 132 Auster Oil & Gas, Inc. v. Stream, 764 F.2d 381, 388 (5th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 486 U.S. 1027 (1988))

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