The following excerpt is from Woods v. Cnty. of Tehama, No. 2:18-cv-02918-TLN-DMC (E.D. Cal. 2020):
Similarly, "[u]nder Section 1983, supervisory officials are not liable for actions of subordinates on any theory of vicarious liability." Hansen v. Black, 885 F.2d 642, 645-46 (9th Cir. 1989). However, "[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." Id.
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