Can a government official be held liable for defamatory statements made under section 1983 of the California Civil Code?
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The following excerpt is from Hernandez v. Cnty. of San Diego Child Protective Servs., Case No.: 3:20-cv-00011-AJB-BGS (S.D. Cal. 2020):
3180228, at *6 (alleging that sheriff's department official's false statements caused bank to repossess plaintiff's assets was insufficient to state Section 1983 defamation claim); Mazzeo v. Gibbons, 649 F. Supp. 2d 1182, 1197 (D. Nev. 2009) (blacklisting from employment by private businesses based on government actors' alleged defamatory statements not actionable under Section 1983).
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