The following excerpt is from Ramirez v. Cnty. of El Dorado, No. 2:18-cv-00632-KJM-CKD PS (E.D. Cal. 2020):
conspiracies to deprive individuals of their rights. 42 U.S.C. 1985. Liability under both subsections requires proof of "some racial, or perhaps otherwise class-based, invidiously discriminatory animus behind the conspirators' action." See Griffin v. Brekenridge, 403 U.S. 88, 102 (1971).
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