The following excerpt is from Meyers v. Redwood City, 400 F.3d 765 (9th Cir. 2005):
his legal right to resist a repossession. While mere acquiescence by the police to "stand by in case of trouble" is insufficient to convert a repossession into state action, police intervention and aid in the repossession does constitute state action.
Harris v. City of Roseburg, 664 F.2d 1121, 1127 (9th Cir.1981).
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