Sheila Hensley v. Ronald Gassman

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• noting that courts may find state action where “[a]n officer’s conduct ... facilitate[s] a repossession”
• explaining that active participation or facilitation of private repossession of collateral by police can transform repossession into Fourth Amendment seizure
• noting that courts may find state action where “[a]n officer’s conduct ... facilitate^] a repossession”
• citing, in part, to JAMES J. WHITE & ROBERT S. SUMMERS, UNIFORM 15 COMMERCIAL CODE § 34-8 at 477 (6th ed. 2010)
• “Issues adverted to in a perfunctory manner, unaccompanied by some effort at developed argumentation, are deemed [forfeited].”
• officers intervened into repossession by ordering debtor away from car, breaking car window, and physically removing debtor

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