What is the test for a civil action under Section 1985 of the Ku Klux Klan Act?
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The following excerpt is from Sekerke v. Kemp, Civil No. 11cv2688 BTM (JMA) (S.D. Cal. 2013):
42 U.S.C. 1985, otherwise known as the Ku Klux Klan Act, "is not to be construed as a general federal tort law." Gerritssen v. Madrid Hurtado, 819 F.2d 1511, 1518-19 (9th Cir. 1987). "To state a cause of action under 1985(3), a complaint must allege (1) a conspiracy, (2) to deprive any person or a class of persons the equal protection of the laws, or of equal
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