William H. Traver v. David Meshriy

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• holding that an off-duty officer serving as a security officer 12082 VILLEGAS v. GILROY GARLIC FESTIVAL at a bank was acting under color of law when the officer flashed police identification when arresting the plaintiff
• outlining the factors which a court should consider in deciding whether to exercise its discretion to affirm despite an error with respect to one theory of liability
• noting that a tenuous § 1983 claim is not frivolous
• no need to reach sufficiency of evidence for weak section 1983 claim where that claim “all but derivative” of state tort claims
• no need to reach sufficiency of evidence for weak section 1983 claim where that claim \all but derivative\ of state tort claims
• defenses of reasonable conduct and action in good faith apply to the improperly presented section 1983 claim as well as to the properly instructed state tort actions

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