Petition of the day
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on Nov 17, 2017 at 8:02 pm
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The petition of the day is:
17-601
Issue: Whether a plaintiff can state a cognizable claim for municipal liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for the deprivation of a citizen’s substantive due process rights without alleging that the employee who carried out the municipal policy also acted with a constitutionally culpable state of mind.