Thompson Ex Rel. Sustaita v. City of Galveston

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• finding the Galveston Police Department and its employees constitute a single legal entity incapable of conspiring with itself
• “A single legal entity, such as the Galveston Police Department and its officers, is incapable of conspiring with itself for the purposes of § 1983.”
• to sustain cause of action under Fourth Amendment that officers used excessive force to take child into custody under chapter 52 of the Family Code, plaintiff must establish that use of force was “objectively unreasonable”
• to sustain cause of action under Fourth Amendment that officers used excessive force to take child into custody under chapter 52 of the Family Code, plaintiff must establish that use of force was \objectively unreasonable\

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