Vance v. County of Santa Clara

How courts have described this case

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• holding that naming municipal department as defendant is not appropriate means of pleading § 1983 action against municipality
• providing that “persons” under § 1983 means only “state and local officials sued in their individual capacities, private individuals and entities which act under color of state law, and/or the local governmental entity itself”
• stating that “naming a municipal 18 department as a defendant is not an appropriate means of pleading a § 1983 action against a 19 municipality” and dismissing the Santa Clara Department of Corrections from the action
• declaring that section 1983 creates liability against “persons acting under the color of state 3 law, which may include “state and local officials sued in their individual capacities” and “local 4 governmental entities,” but not “municipal departments”
• stating that 5 “naming a municipal department as a defendant is not an appropriate means of pleading a § 1983 6 action against a municipality” and dismissing the Santa Clara Department of Corrections from the 7 action
• “Naming a municipal department as a defendant is not an appropriate means of 10 pleading a § 1983 action against a municipality.”

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