The following excerpt is from Harris v. Escamilla, Case No. 1:13-cv-1354-DAD-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2016):
Common law of torts provides the causation element applicable to civil rights violations. Stevenson v. Koskey, 877 F.2d 1435, 1438 (9th Cir. 1989) "The requisite
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