The following excerpt is from Webb v. Cnty. of El Dorado, No. 2:15-cv-01189-KJM-EFB (E.D. Cal. 2015):
In addition to satisfying the four elements above, the plaintiff must also demonstrate that the violation of her civil rights was motivated by "some racial, or perhaps otherwise class-based, invidiously discriminatory animus behind the conspirators' action." Sever, 978 F.2d at 1536 (quoting Griffith v. Breckenridge, 403 U.S. 88, 102 (1971)). Thus, relief under 1985 is limited to those civil rights deprivations where discriminatory animus can be shown. See id.
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