Fifth Circuit· 6/5/2002

Townsend v. Moya

Citations

291 F.3d 859
2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 10710
2002 WL 1012670

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holding that a prison guard did not act under color of law when he stabbed an inmate during a game of horseplay unrelated to the guard’s official duties
holding that a prison guard did not act under color of law when he stabbed an inmate during a game of horseplay unrelated to the guard’s official duties
In short, “[s]ection 1983 provides a claim against anyone who, ‘under color of state law, deprives another of his or her constitutional rights.”
In short, Section 1983 provides a claim against anyone who, “under color of state law, deprives another of his or her constitutional rights.”
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