Can a supervisor be held liable for the actions of his subordinate?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from S.V. v. Delano Union Elementary Sch. Dist., 1:17-cv-00780-LJO-JLT (E.D. Cal. 2018):
"Under Section 1983, supervisory officials are not liable for actions of subordinates on any theory of vicarious liability. A supervisor may be liable if there exists either (1) his or her personal involvement in the constitutional deprivation, or (2) a sufficient causal connection between the supervisor's wrongful conduct and the constitutional violation." Hansen v. Black, 885 F.2d 642, 645-
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