Second Circuit· 3/11/2005

Velez v. Levy

Citations

401 F.3d 75
2005 WL 564175

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holding that the plaintiff’s substantive due process claim was “subsumed” by alleged First Amendment and equal protection violations
concluding as to the First Amendment violation that “qualified immunity does not, at this time, shield” defendant from this cause of action.”
dismissing procedural due process claim against defendants without power to impose deprivation or provide process to plaintiff
“Accordingly, if it is true, as asserted by Velez, that Levy acted deliberately to bring about Velez’s removal in retaliation for her political views, he cannot avail himself of qualified immunity.”
transforming the plaintiff’s substantive 17 due process claims into the particularized constitutional allegations
“[E]ven where a ‘stigma’ and ‘plus’ are not imposed by the same actor, a stigma-plus claim may be valid if the ‘stigma’ and ‘plus’ were connected.”’

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Judges: Calabresi, Oakes, Winter

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