Albert Brucar and Ruth Brucar v. Ira Rubin, Marvin Juron, and Harry Weisberg

Plaintiffs Albert and Ruth Brucar seek damages against defendants Harry Weisberg, Ira Rubin and Marvin Jurón under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of their civil rights. 1 Mr. Weisberg is Mrs. Brucar’s brother; Mr. Rubin and Mr. Jurón are his attorneys. The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim for which relief could be granted, holding that the defendants are not state actors and that the complaint failed to allege a conspiracy between the defendants and any state official with sufficient specificity to meet the requirements of Sparkman v. McFarlin, 601 F.2d 261…