Thomas Anderson v. Charles Warner County of Mendocino County of Mendocino Sheriff's Department

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• providing that federal constitutional challenges to actions by state officials must be raised through § 1983
• providing that federal constitutional challenges to actions by state Page 9 – OPINION AND ORDER Dunzer v. Gerstenfeld, 3:25-cv-01318-AR officials must be raised through § 1983
• explaining that there is no “rigid 8 formula” in determining whether a state or local official acted under color of state law and “state 9 employment is generally sufficient to render the defendant a state actor”
• listing these as three of the four elements to successfully establish a Monell 25 liability theory
• explaining 9 that an individual asserting a Section 1983 claim must allege a violation of a federally- 10 protected right by a person or official acting under color of state law
• first citing McDade v. West, 223 F.3d 1135, 1140 24 (9th Cir. 2000); then citing Martinez v. Colon, 54 F.3d 980, 987 (1st Cir. 1995)

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