What is the test for a claim for violation of Section 1983 of the Federal Rights Act?
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The following excerpt is from Nishimoto v. Cnty. of San Diego, Case No.: 3:16-cv-01974-BEN-JMA (S.D. Cal. 2018):
"Section 1983 'is not itself a source of substantive rights,' but merely provides 'a method for vindicating federal rights elsewhere conferred.'" Albright v. Oliver, 510 U.S. 266, 271 (1994) (citation omitted in original). To state a claim for violation of 42 U.S.C.
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