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In re J-G-R-

22 Cited authorities

  1. West v. Atkins

    487 U.S. 42 (1988)   Cited 35,812 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a state's delegation of its duty to provide medical care to prisoners rendered a contract physician a state actor

  2. Barajas-Romero v. Lynch

    846 F.3d 351 (9th Cir. 2017)   Cited 598 times
    Holding that the "a reason" is a less demanding standard than "one central reason"

  3. United States v. Classic

    313 U.S. 299 (1941)   Cited 2,315 times
    Holding that election officials acted under color of state law when they, in the course of their official duties, willfully altered and falsely counted the ballots of voters in a primary election

  4. Pitchell v. Callan

    13 F.3d 545 (2d Cir. 1994)   Cited 1,251 times
    Holding that DeShaney barred a claim against an off-duty policy officer who failed to intervene when another officer, not acting under color of state law, shot a guest in his home

  5. Barna v. City of Perth Amboy

    42 F.3d 809 (3d Cir. 1994)   Cited 516 times
    Holding that "[p]robable cause need only exist as to any offense that could be charged under the circumstances"

  6. Butler v. Collier

    685 F.3d 1261 (11th Cir. 2012)   Cited 209 times
    Holding that, where the unlawful conduct was not made possible by a defendant's status as a corrections officer, the action complained of did not occur under color of state law

  7. Magee v. Trs. of the Hamline Univ.

    747 F.3d 532 (8th Cir. 2014)   Cited 190 times
    Holding that "a mutual understanding, or a meeting of the minds, between the private party and the state actor" is sufficient to establish that the private party was acting under color of law (quoting Pendleton v. St. Louis Cty., 178 F.3d 1007, 1011 (8th Cir. 1999) )

  8. Garcia v. Holder

    756 F.3d 885 (5th Cir. 2014)   Cited 95 times
    Holding it was legal error when "[t]he BIA denied CAT relief solely because it was not clear that the men who threatened and beat Garcia were actual police officers," but "[n]either the BIA nor the IJ considered the alternative view of the evidence showing that the extortionists may have received their information about Garcia from other government officials acting in their official capacities"

  9. Almand v. DeKalb County, Georgia

    103 F.3d 1510 (11th Cir. 1997)   Cited 156 times
    Holding that to establish a § 1983 claim, a plaintiff must show that he “was deprived of a federal right by a person acting under color of state law”

  10. Templos v. Wilkinson

    987 F.3d 877 (9th Cir. 2021)   Cited 55 times
    Holding that proposed social group of Mexican wealthy business owners who refused extortion demands lacked particularity

  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 502,146 times   706 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation

  12. Section 1158 - Asylum

    8 U.S.C. § 1158   Cited 10,647 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding a "pattern or practice" of persecution requires it be "systemic, pervasive, or organized"

  13. Section 1231 - Detention and removal of aliens ordered removed

    8 U.S.C. § 1231   Cited 7,944 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Concluding that once petitioner's removal order was reinstated, he was no longer eligible for "relief" in the form of adjustment of status-even if he could obtain a Form I-212 waiver

  14. Section 1208.16 - Withholding of removal under section 241(b)(3)(B) of the Act and withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture

    8 C.F.R. § 1208.16   Cited 949 times
    Withholding of removal

  15. Section 1208.18 - Implementation of the Convention Against Torture

    8 C.F.R. § 1208.18   Cited 487 times
    Requiring specific intent to torture