Can a local government entity be held liable for failing to protect a plaintiff's constitutional rights?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Carrasquilla v. Cnty. of Tulare, Case No. 1:15-cv-00740-BAM (E.D. Cal. 2016):
658, 691, 98 S.Ct. 2018, 2036, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978); see also City of Canton v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378, 389, 109 S.Ct. 1197, 1205, 103 L.Ed.2d 412 (1989). A local governmental entity also may be liable if it has a policy of inaction and such inaction amounts to a failure to protect constitutional rights. City of Canton, 489 U.S. at 388, 109 S.Ct. at 1204.
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