Legal Opinion
Bright v. Westmoreland County
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 4, 2006No. 05-2005PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAPLETON, Circuit Judge.
John Bright, on behalf of himself and his daughter Annette’s estate, appeals from an order dismissing his complaint for failure to state a claim. That complaint purports to allege a Substantive Due Process claim under the “state-created danger doctrine” and several state law claims. For present purposes, we accept the facts alleged in Bright’s complaint as true. Based on those facts, we will affirm the judgment of the District Court.
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