What is the test for a plaintiff to sue a local governmental entity for failing to comply with their obligations under the Civil Code of Civil Procedure?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Allen v. Stanislaus Cnty., Case No.: 1:13-cv-00012-DAD-SAB (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2017):

To impose liability on a local governmental entity, a plaintiff must establish: (1) that he possessed a constitutional right of which he was deprived; (2) that the municipality had a policy; (3) that this policy "amounts to deliberate indifference" to the plaintiff's constitutional right; and (4) that the policy is the "moving force behind the constitutional violation." City of Canton, 489 U.S. at 389-91; see also Castro v. County of Los Angeles, 833 F.3d at 1073-74.

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