Legal Opinion
Vega v. Fox
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 21, 2006No. 05 Civ. 2286(SAS)PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
In order to state a cause of action under section 1983 of Title 42 of the United States Code (“section 1983”), a plaintiff must show that the conduct complained of was committed by a person acting under color of law. This case presents the thorny issue of whether a private entity and its employees may be acting under color of state law in providing services to a young adult remaining in foster care after his eighteenth birthday, where that entity is not directly controlled by the state. Because a private entity’s management or control…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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