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  2. Color (law) - Wikipedia

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    The deprivation of rights under color of law is a federal criminal offense which occurs when any person, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person on any U.S. territory or possession to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments ...

  3. Parratt v. Taylor - Wikipedia

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    The Court also held that a merely negligent deprivation of property under color of state law was actionable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This holding was mostly overruled by Daniels v. Williams in 1986, which held that a 1983 action only lies for an intentional deprivation of rights.

  4. Title 18 of the United States Code - Wikipedia

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    § 241. Conspiracy against rights § 242. Deprivation of rights under color of law § 243. Exclusion of jurors on account of race or color § 244. Discrimination against person wearing uniform of armed forces § 245. Federally protected activities § 246. Deprivation of relief benefits § 247.

  5. Judge reduces charges against former cops in Louisville raid ...

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    U.S. District Senior Judge Charles Simpson III dismissed felony deprivation of rights under the color of law charges against former detective Joshua Jaynes and former Sgt. Kyle Meany in an order ...

  6. Qualified immunity - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, qualified immunity is a judicial doctrine that protects government actors from personal liability for violating statutory laws or constitutional rights while acting in their official capacity unless the violated law or right is "clearly established of which a reasonable person would have known".

  7. L.A. sheriff's deputy pleads guilty to beating transgender ...

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    Joseph Benza III, 36, was charged late Tuesday with one count of deprivation of rights under color of law for what prosecutors alleged was a 2023 assault on Emmett Brock, then a 23-year-old ...

  8. 4 former officers accused of staging sham raid to extort ...

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    24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. ... one count of conspiracy against rights and one count of deprivation of rights under color of law, the ...

  9. Paul v. Davis - Wikipedia

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    Paul v. Davis, 424 U.S. 693 (1976), is a United States Supreme Court case in which a sharply divided Court held that the plaintiff, whom the local police chief had named an "active shoplifter," suffered no deprivation of liberty resulting from injury to his reputation. [1]