VII. Authorities Table
| Authority | Citation | Source | Proposition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Civil Rights Act | 42 U.S.C. § 1983 | law.cornell.edu | Federal cause of action against state actors |
| Fee Shifting | 42 U.S.C. § 1988 | law.cornell.edu | Attorney's fees to prevailing party |
| Bane Act | Cal. Civ. Code § 52.1 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Threat/intimidation/coercion against constitutional rights |
| Ralph Act | Cal. Civ. Code § 51.7 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Hate-motivated violence |
| Unruh Civil Rights Act | Cal. Civ. Code § 51 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Equal accommodations in business |
| Claim Presentation | Cal. Gov. Code § 911.2 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Six-month deadline for state-law claims |
| Indemnification | Cal. Gov. Code § 825 | leginfo.legislature.ca.gov | Public-entity defense and indemnity |
| Monell v. Dep't of Soc. Servs. | 436 U.S. 658 (1978) | law.cornell.edu | Municipal liability requires policy or custom |
| Graham v. Connor | 490 U.S. 386 (1989) | law.cornell.edu | Objective-reasonableness standard for force |
| Tennessee v. Garner | 471 U.S. 1 (1985) | law.cornell.edu | Deadly force requires significant threat |
| Pearson v. Callahan | 555 U.S. 223 (2009) | law.cornell.edu | Discretionary order of qualified-immunity prongs |
| Saucier v. Katz | 533 U.S. 194 (2001) | law.cornell.edu | Two-step qualified-immunity inquiry |
| Devereaux v. Abbey | 263 F.3d 1070 (9th Cir. 2001) (en banc) | law.cornell.edu | Right against deliberate fabrication of evidence |
| Wallace v. Kato | 549 U.S. 384 (2007) | law.cornell.edu | Accrual of false-arrest claim |
| Reese v. County of Sacramento | 888 F.3d 1030 (9th Cir. 2018) | law.cornell.edu | Bane Act requires no independent coercion |
| Cornell v. City & County of San Francisco | 17 Cal. App. 5th 766 (2017) | California courts | Bane Act specific-intent standard |
| Lemire v. CDCR | 726 F.3d 1062 (9th Cir. 2013) | law.cornell.edu | Deliberate indifference to serious medical needs |
| Pickering v. Board of Education | 391 U.S. 563 (1968) | law.cornell.edu | Public-employee speech balancing |
| Garcetti v. Ceballos | 547 U.S. 410 (2006) | law.cornell.edu | Speech pursuant to official duties unprotected |
| City of Los Angeles v. Lyons | 461 U.S. 95 (1983) | law.cornell.edu | Standing for injunctive relief |
| Heck v. Humphrey | 512 U.S. 477 (1994) | law.cornell.edu | Bar on § 1983 claims implying conviction's invalidity |
| Connick v. Thompson | 563 U.S. 51 (2011) | law.cornell.edu | Failure-to-train Monell liability |
| Brosseau v. Haugen | 543 U.S. 194 (2004) | law.cornell.edu | Particularity in qualified-immunity analysis |
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