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Tenth Circuit· 8/30/1995

Uhlrig v. Harder

Citations

  • 64 F.3d 567
  • 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 24442

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  • where third party, not a state actor, causes the injury complained of, plaintiff must allege a constitutionally cognizable danger
  • “[T]he standard for judging a substantive due process claim is whether the challenged government action would ‘shock the conscience’ of federal judges.’”
  • “[T]he standard for judging a substantive due process claim is whether the challenged government action would ‘shock the conscience’ of federal judges.’”
  • “[S]tate actors are generally only liable under the Due Process Clause for their own acts and not for private violence.”
  • Eighth Amendment requires “a degree of outrageousness and a magnitude of potential or actual harm that is truly conscience shocking.”
  • “[T]he standard for judging a substantive due process claim is whether the challenged government action would ‘shock the conscience of federal judges.’” (quoting Collins v. City of Harker Heights, Tex., 503 U.S. 115, 126 (1992))

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