Can a supervisor be held liable for the actions of his or her subordinates?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Mills v. Cuellar, Case No. 1:20-cv-01247-EPG (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2020):

For instance, a supervisor may be liable for his or her "own culpable action or inaction in the training, supervision, or control of his [or her] subordinates," "his [or her] acquiescence in the constitutional deprivations of which the complaint is made," or "conduct that showed a reckless or callous indifference to the rights of others." Larez v. City of Los Angeles, 946 F.2d 630, 646 (9th Cir. 1991) (citations, internal quotation marks, and brackets omitted).

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