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In re O-F-A-S-

19 Cited authorities

  1. West v. Atkins

    487 U.S. 42 (1988)   Cited 35,951 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. Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.

    457 U.S. 922 (1982)   Cited 6,944 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an individual who uses a state replevin, garnishment, or attachment statute later declared to be unconstitutional acts under color of state law for purposes of § 1983

  3. Bragdon v. Abbott

    524 U.S. 624 (1998)   Cited 1,664 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that DOJ's administrative guidance on ADA compliance is entitled to deference

  4. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Tarkanian

    488 U.S. 179 (1988)   Cited 651 times
    Holding that the coordination of amateur sports is "by no means . . . a traditional, let alone an exclusive, state function"

  5. United States v. Classic

    313 U.S. 299 (1941)   Cited 2,320 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

  6. Edwards v. Wallace Community College

    49 F.3d 1517 (11th Cir. 1995)   Cited 559 times
    Holding that a defendant seeking only monetary relief under § 1983 cannot recover against state agencies because they "are not 'persons' within the meaning of § 1983"

  7. Martinez v. Colon

    54 F.3d 980 (1st Cir. 1995)   Cited 536 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a police officer who assaulted a fellow officer at the precinct station was not acting under color of law

  8. U.S. v. Belfast

    611 F.3d 783 (11th Cir. 2010)   Cited 140 times
    Holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting, as excited utterances, statements made by a person four to five hours after he was tortured

  9. Almand v. DeKalb County, Georgia

    103 F.3d 1510 (11th Cir. 1997)   Cited 157 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. 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"

  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 504,059 times   706 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation

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

    8 U.S.C. § 1231   Cited 7,959 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

  13. Section 2340 - Definitions

    18 U.S.C. § 2340   Cited 126 times   1 Legal Analyses

    As used in this chapter- (1) "torture" means an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control; (2) "severe mental pain or suffering" means the prolonged mental harm caused by or resulting from- (A) the intentional infliction or threatened infliction of severe physical pain or suffering; (B) the