42 U.S.C. § 1983

Section 1983 requires evidence that each defendant was personally involved in the alleged constitutional violation.

King v. Chambers · filed 2022-01-19

“Section 1983 imposes liability only on a defendant who was personally involved in the unconstitutional action that caused the plaintiff’s injury.”

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to allege that an individual defendant personally caused or participated in a constitutional deprivation.

Williams, Travis v. Titlbach, Andrea · filed 2022-01-20

Indeed, to demonstrate liability under § 1983, a plaintiff must allege sufficient facts showing that an individual personally caused or participated in a constitutional deprivation.

Section 1983 requires a link between each defendant’s actions and the alleged deprivation of federal rights; an overarching conspiracy allegation alone does not establish that link.

(PC)Calderon v. Allison · filed 2022-01-20

Plaintiff’s over-arching conspiracy allegation is not sufficient to link the named defendants to the asserted constitutional violations.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to identify defendants who personally participated in a substantial way in the alleged deprivation of constitutional rights.

(PC)Witt v. Solano County · filed 2022-01-20

Plaintiff is cautioned that any amended complaint must identify as a defendant only persons who personally participated in a substantial way in depriving him of his constitutional rights.

Section 1983 requires a connection between each defendant’s actions and the claimed deprivation of rights.

(PC) Ramnanan v. Holmes · filed 2022-01-20

There can be no liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 unless there is some affirmative link or connection between a defendant’s actions and the claimed deprivation.

Section 1983 requires an affirmative link between a defendant’s actions and the claimed deprivation.

(PC) Mungia v. Sheriffe Department · filed 2022-01-20

There can be no liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 unless there is some affirmative link or connection between a defendant’s actions and the claimed deprivation.

Section 1983 requires an affirmative link between each defendant’s actions and the claimed deprivation of rights.

(PC) Hill v. Bullard · filed 2022-01-20

There can be no liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 unless there is some affirmative link or connection between a defendant’s actions and the claimed deprivation.

Section 1983 requires allegations showing what each defendant personally did to violate the plaintiff’s rights.

Acuna v. Pollard · filed 2022-01-20

Thus, without any specific allegations about what each Defendant did or did not do to violate his civil rights, Acuna has failed to state a plausible claim for relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Section 1983 requires a defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged violation for individual liability; a supervisory role alone is insufficient.

Kimberlin v. Mullens · filed 2022-01-20

Individual liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is premised on personal involvement.

Section 1983 requires personal involvement in the alleged constitutional deprivation for individual liability.

GRIFFIN v. SANDERS · filed 2022-01-20

Accordingly, the Court finds that Griffin has not established that Officer Parks was personally involved in the alleged constitutional deprivation, and as such, she is entitled to summary judgment.

Section 1983 requires facts showing that each government defendant personally participated in a constitutional violation; a defendant is not liable solely for a subordinate’s conduct.

White v. Bean · filed 2022-01-20

For each claim, White must allege facts sufficient to show that each specified defendant violated a specified constitutional right. Because vicarious liability is inapplicable to § 1983 suits, a plaintiff must plead facts that would be sufficient to show that each Government-official defendant, through the official’s own individual actions, has violated the Constitution.

Section 1983 requires an individual defendant’s personal involvement in a constitutional violation and does not permit vicarious liability.

Stevenson v. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision · filed 2022-01-20

Importantly, § 1983 does not permit vicarious liability; to be liable under § 1983, an individual defendant must have “personally violated a plaintiff's constitutional rights.”

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to allege each defendant’s personal involvement in the claimed deprivation of federal rights.

GRIER v. CARNEY · filed 2022-01-20

To state a claim against a Defendant in a § 1983 action, a plaintiff must allege facts explaining that Defendant’s involvement in the claimed constitutional violations. ... Because Grier does not explicitly allege how each defendant was involved in the alleged deprivation of his rights, his Amended Complaint must be dismissed.

Section 1983 requires a defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged violation; a defendant cannot be held liable solely for another person’s actions.

HECKER v. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY · filed 2022-01-20

“A defendant in a civil rights action must have personal involvement in the alleged wrongs” to be liable. ... Because he has not allege sufficient facts to demonstrate that these Defendants were personally involved, the Court will dismiss Hecker’s § 1983 claims against them without prejudice.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to connect each defendant to the alleged constitutional violation through personal involvement.

Trotter v. Milwaukee County Jail · filed 2022-01-21

As the Court already explained to Trotter, §1983 requires that an individual or entity be personally involved in the alleged constitutional violation.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to link each individual defendant’s own actions to the alleged deprivation of a federal right.

(PC) Roberts v. Lynch · filed 2022-01-21

Plaintiff has not identified any individual defendants or specified what actions they took to interfere with his rights. As such, plaintiff has failed to satisfy the linkage requirement for claims brought under § 1983.

Section 1983 requires facts showing a defendant’s personal involvement in, or causal connection to, the alleged deprivation of a federal right.

(PC) Diaz v. Burton · filed 2022-01-21

An individual defendant is not liable on a civil rights claim unless the facts establish the defendant’s personal involvement in the constitutional deprivation or a causal connection between the defendant’s wrongful conduct and the alleged constitutional deprivation. ... Here, plaintiff fails to allege facts demonstrating that either warden was personally involved, causally connected, or even aware that plaintiff’s request for a kosher diet was denied.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to allege facts linking each defendant’s actions to the claimed constitutional deprivation.

(PC) Driver v. CHCF · filed 2022-01-21

To state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the plaintiff must allege an actual connection or link between the actions of the named defendants and the alleged deprivations. ... Here, Plaintiff fails to allege what actions were allegedly taken by either of the defendants.

A § 1983 claim against a supervisor requires facts showing the supervisor’s involvement in the challenged conduct; a conclusory allegation of awareness is insufficient.

Hollis v. Allison · filed 2022-01-21

The Court also notes that the only factual allegation against Defendant Gavin Newsom is that he was aware of the transfers and failed to take prudent action to keep prisoners safe. ... However, without any factual allegations indicating how Defendant Newsom was involved and therefore aware of the planned transfer, this allegation is conclusory. There is no indication that the Governor of California was involved in the day-to-day affairs of the CDCR, much less the decision to transfer one group of inmates from one prison to another. Accordingly, there being no cognizable claims against him, Defendant Newsom shall be dismissed from this action.

To plead a § 1983 claim against an individual defendant, a plaintiff must allege that defendant’s personal involvement in the deprivation of a constitutional right.

Owens v. Neese · filed 2022-01-21

Further, to properly plead a § 1983 claim, a plaintiff must allege that each defendant was personally involved in the deprivation of a constitutional right.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to plead that a government official personally violated the plaintiff’s constitutional rights.

Grady v. St. Louis City Justice Center · filed 2022-01-21

To state a claim under § 1983, plaintiff must plead that a government official has personally violated his constitutional rights.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to establish each defendant officer’s personal involvement in the alleged constitutional violation to survive summary judgment.

MCKAY v. GIBBONS · filed 2022-01-21

At this stage, he must allege the personal involvement of an officer in the claimed constitutional violation.

Section 1983 holds each defendant accountable only for that defendant’s own individual actions.

Sweeper v. Dozier · filed 2022-01-21

Because this action sounds in § 1983, each Defendant can only be held accountable for his or her own individual actions in relation to Plaintiff.

Section 1983 requires a defendant to be personally responsible for the alleged deprivation of medical care.

Adams v. Lumpkin · filed 2022-01-21

Nor does he allege that the defendants were personally responsible for his medical care or lack thereof, when the decision not to send him to the hospital was made by a physician.

Section 1983 requires allegations connecting a defendant’s conduct to the claimed deprivation of rights.

Dawson v. Jones · filed 2022-01-24

At the outset, Dawson sues the City of Milwaukee and Continental Casualty Insurance Company but does not include any allegations detailing what they did or did not do. Regardless, for the reasons explained by Judge Dries in his November 19, 2021, order, they cannot be held liable under § 1983. (See ECF No. 19 at 4-5.) All claims against these defendants are dismissed.

Section 1983 claims require facts showing a defendant’s personal involvement in an alleged constitutional deprivation and a basis for liability despite any immunity.

Upton v. Fakhoury · filed 2022-01-24

The district court properly dismissed Upton’s claims against defendants Fakhoury, Duarte, and Garcia because Upton failed to allege facts sufficient to show that these defendants were personally involved in any alleged deprivation of Upton’s constitutional rights or not immune from liability.

Section 1983 requires a defendant’s personal involvement in or direct responsibility for the alleged deprivation of rights.

Hill v. Wood · filed 2022-01-24

“Liability under § 1983 requires a causal link to, and direct responsibility for, the deprivation of rights.”

Section 1983 requires facts showing an official’s personal involvement in the alleged violation; undifferentiated allegations against a group of officials are insufficient.

Jeffery v. The City of New York · filed 2022-01-24

To state a plausible claim for relief under § 1983, a plaintiff must plead “the elements of the underlying constitutional violation di- rectly against the official.” ... The undifferentiated group pleadings in the Complaint are inadequate to allege either direct participation or policy-making involvement by the former Governor in the alleged violations. All claims against the former Governor are therefore dismissed.

Section 1983 requires evidence of each defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged misconduct.

Ramey v. Holt · filed 2022-01-24

Accordingly, Ramey has failed to establish personal involvement for any Defendant except Schilling. The Court is thus constrained to grant judgment in favor of Defendants Holt, Macidym, Alleman, Matthews, and Boone on Ramey’s Section 1983 claims.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to allege facts connecting the defendant to the claimed deprivation of rights.

Coleman v. Officer McGhee · filed 2022-01-25

The record shows that Coleman failed to plead suffi- ciently a claim regarding his lack of yard time because he did not connect McGhee to this deprivation in any way.

Section 1983 requires allegations connecting a defendant to the alleged deprivation; a claim about denied medication must identify a defendant’s role in that denial.

Justice v. Unnamed Deptuy Sgt · filed 2022-01-25

Plaintiff also alleges that he needed an increase in his psychiatric medication but he does not allege how any of the named Defendants would play a role in prescribing him additional medication.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to show that the defendant personally participated in the alleged constitutional violation.

Rael v. Calkins · filed 2022-01-25

To establish liability for a constitutional violation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, “[t]he plaintiff must show the defendant personally participated in the alleged violation.” Jenkins v. Wood, 81 F.3d 988, 994 (10th Cir. 1996). Because the undisputed facts show that Corporal Calkins did not arrest Plaintiff, Plaintiff’s false arrest claim against Corporal Calkins must fail as a matter of law.

Section 1983 requires a defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged harm; a governor’s distant influence over prison policies is insufficient.

Ryan v. Nagy · filed 2022-01-26

In their motion, Defendants argue that Ryan has not adequately pled their personal involvement, which is necessary to pursue a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ... The Court is not now persuaded to dismiss Nagy and Washington for lack of personal involvement. But as to Whitmer, Defendants’ argument fares better. While it may be that at some distant level, Whitmer’s policies affect the COVID-19 response at JCF, on the record before the Court, her actions are too attenuated from the harms Ryan alleges. So she will be dismissed.

Section 1983 requires a defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged constitutional deprivation for an award of damages.

Mingo v. Augustyn · filed 2022-01-26

“It is well settled in this Circuit that personal involvement of defendants in alleged constitutional deprivations is a prerequisite to an award of damages under § 1983.” ... On this record, this Court cannot conclude as a matter of law that Baggott and Petronella played no role in Mingo’s arrest.

Section 1983 requires facts showing how each individual defendant personally caused a constitutional violation.

Flourney v. Does 1-15 · filed 2022-01-27

Pursuant to § 1983, Plaintiff must, at minimum, allege some factual content to describe how each individual person he seeks to sue violated the Constitution.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff seeking damages from a defendant in an individual capacity to show that defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged constitutional deprivation.

Gilhooly v. Quiros · filed 2022-01-27

A plaintiff seeking to recover money damages under § 1983 from a defendant in an individual capacity must demonstrate “the defendant's personal involvement in the alleged constitutional deprivation.”

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to allege each defendant’s personal involvement in the constitutional deprivation.

Coleman v. City of Galesburg · filed 2022-01-27

He also must adequately allege each defendant’s personal involvement in his unconstitutional mistreatment. ... No allegations in the Second Amended Complaint suggest Defendant Officers’ personal involvement in the events underlying Count VIII, so it is appropriately dismissed.

Section 1983 requires facts showing each defendant’s direct and personal involvement in the alleged constitutional deprivation.

Tamarez v. Hochul · filed 2022-01-27

A plaintiff proceeding under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 must allege facts showing the defendants’ direct and personal involvement in the alleged constitutional deprivation. ... Plaintiff’s claims against the other named defendants are dismissed for failure to state a claim on which relief may be granted.

Section 1983 requires an individual capacity claim to allege that each defendant personally participated in the violation or caused it through a failure to train or supervise.

Law v. Ambrose · filed 2022-01-27

Law’s individual capacity claims must allege that each individual defendant either participated in the unconstitutional conduct or caused the conduct to occur through a failure to train or supervise the offending actor.

A § 1983 complaint against individual defendants must allege facts showing what each defendant did to violate the plaintiff’s rights.

Barker v. Utah Dept of Enviro Quality · filed 2022-01-28

We also find no error in the district court’s dismissal of Ms. Barker’s § 1983 retaliation claim against Ms. Smith, Mr. Lundberg, and Mr. Johnson for failure to allege sufficient facts showing what each individual defendant did to violate her rights.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to identify each defendant's personal conduct and explain how it violated the plaintiff's constitutional rights.

Foster v. Green (INMATE 1) · filed 2022-01-28

Additionally, Plaintiff is advised that in filing a § 1983 action he must set forth the facts that support his claims against the individuals he names as defendants, and state clearly how each named defendant violated his constitutional rights, the date(s) on which the incident(s) occurred, and where the incident(s) occurred.

Section 1983 does not impose liability on a warden who learned of an incident only afterward and was not involved in it.

Brown v. Atchley · filed 2022-01-28

With regard to Warden Atchley, Plaintiff’s allegations indicate he only became aware of the incident after the fact, not prior to, and therefore, it cannot be said that he was involved in the underlying incident.

Section 1983 requires a supervisor’s personal involvement in the alleged constitutional violation; responsibility for prison operations alone is insufficient.

Hefley v. Redington · filed 2022-01-28

The Court grants Redington’s Motion to Dismiss because Hefley does not allege that Redington was personally involved in the denial of Hefley’s medical and dental care.

Section 1983 requires facts showing an individual defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged violation; merely working alongside other officers does not establish liability.

Garton v. Crouch · filed 2022-01-28

It does not allege any overt act by Arnold to establish his liability under § 1983 or his participation in a § 1983 conspiracy.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff suing an official in an individual capacity to allege the official’s personal involvement or responsibility for a policy or custom that caused the constitutional deprivation.

Wanzer v. Rayford · filed 2022-01-31

To state a section 1983 claim against a defendant in his or her individual capacity, a plaintiff must allege the defendant was personally involved in the actions complained of or is responsible for the policy or custom giving rise to the alleged constitutional deprivation.

Section 1983 claims require personal wrongdoing by each defendant.

Mears v. Connolly · filed 2022-01-31

And because her § 1983 claims require personal wrongdoing, we analyze her claims against Dr. Young and Nurse Oglesby separately.

Section 1983 requires an individual defendant to have caused or participated in a constitutional deprivation to be directly liable.

Ramos v. Rodriguez · filed 2022-01-31

To be liable under § 1983, an individual must have caused or participated in a constitutional deprivation.

Section 1983 does not impose liability on officers merely because they belonged to a team whose members may have violated a plaintiff’s rights.

Green v. City of St. Louis · filed 2022-01-31

The Court agrees that Defendants Manasco, Coats, Becherer, Tesreau, Flatley, Busso, Long and Boyce cannot be held liable merely because they were members of SWAT on duty the night some members of SWAT may have violated Plaintiff’s rights.

Section 1983 requires facts showing that a defendant caused or contributed to the alleged constitutional violation.

Martinez v. Correctional Health Partners · filed 2022-01-31

First, to state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Martinez must allege facts showing that Bodine caused or contributed to causing the placement.

Section 1983 requires allegations that a defendant was personally involved in the constitutional violation.

WALKER v. CHETIRKIN · filed 2022-01-31

Therefore, this Court will grant Sergeant Costeiro’s motion to dismiss this claim without prejudice, because Plaintiff has not alleged Sergeant Costeiro’s personal involvement in the alleged constitutional violation.

Section 1983 requires a defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged constitutional violation; a supervisory position alone does not establish liability.

Marcus v. Annucci · filed 2022-01-31

The fact that a defendant is a supervisor is not enough to impute personal involvement onto that person; rather, liability exists only where the “defendant, through the official’s own individual actions, has violated the Constitution.” Tangreti v. Bachmann, 983 F.3d 609, 618 (2d Cir. 2020) (quoting Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 676). Plaintiff here failed to implicate Annucci, Venettozzi, or LeManna in any constitutional violation.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to allege each defendant’s personal involvement in the claimed constitutional violation.

BULLARD v. CARNEY · filed 2022-01-31

In a § 1983 action, the personal involvement of each defendant in the alleged constitutional violation is a required element, and, therefore, a plaintiff must allege how each defendant was involved in the events and occurrences giving rise to the claims.

Section 1983 claims must be based on each defendant’s personal involvement in a constitutional violation.

Henderson, Titus v. Carr, Kevin · filed 2022-02-01

Because claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 must be based on a defendant’s personal involvement in constitutional violation, see Gentry v. Duckworth, 65 F.3d 555, 561 (7th Cir. 1995), each individual defendant that Henderson wishes to sue in these actions must be able to understand what he or she is alleged to have done to violate plaintiff’s rights.

Section 1983 permits officer liability for a constitutional violation when the officer integrally participates in the conduct that causes it.

Gomez v. San Francisco · filed 2022-02-01

“An officer’s liability under section 1983 is predicated on his ‘integral participation’ in the alleged violation.”

A § 1983 complaint must allege specific conduct by a defendant to establish personal involvement.

Dukuly 963036 v. Nuttall · filed 2022-02-01

Where an individual is named as a defendant without an allegation of specific conduct, the complaint is subject to dismissal, even under the liberal construction afforded to pro se complaints.

A section 1983 claim requires factual allegations connecting a named defendant to the alleged wrongdoing.

Walker-Baldwin v. FBI · filed 2022-02-02

Here, plaintiff fails to plead factual allegations sufficient to raise a viable section 1983 or Bivens claim against any of the named defendants. No factual allegations are pleaded as to the FBI or the UTHealth Harris County Psychiatric Center.

An individual is liable under § 1983 only if the individual caused or participated in a constitutional deprivation.

Edwards v. Wiley · filed 2022-02-02

For Counts 6 and 7, in order for an individual to be liable under § 1983, the defendant “must have caused or participated in a constitutional deprivation.” Pepper v. Village of Oak Park, 430 F.3d 805, 810 (7th Cir. 2005) (internal quotations and citations omitted).

Section 1983 holds a government official liable only for the official’s own misconduct, not for decisions made by others.

PAINTER v. CITY OF EVANSVILLE · filed 2022-02-02

The conduct Mr. Painter complains of—the decision to reopen an investigation into his crimes and to issue an arrest warrant—was performed by individuals other than Officer Gray, and she therefore cannot be held liable for it.

Section 1983 requires a defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged deprivation; a supervisory position alone does not establish liability.

Latham v. Dzurenda · filed 2022-02-02

Where a Section 1983 claim fails to allege the personal involvement of the defendant, it fails as a matter of law.

Section 1983 requires an affirmative link between each defendant’s actions and the claimed deprivation of rights.

(PC) Ackerson v. Elliott · filed 2022-02-03

There can be no liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 unless there is some affirmative link or connection between a defendant’s actions and the claimed deprivation.

Section 1983 requires a causal connection between a defendant’s conduct and the alleged constitutional deprivation.

RIVES v. WILSON · filed 2022-02-03

There are no facts indicating that Defendants Luther, Vahle or Boyle were involved in arresting Mr. Rives and Mr. Rives conceded that he has no factual basis for pursuing a Section 1983 claim against these officers.

Section 1983 requires a defendant’s personal involvement in the unconstitutional conduct; an allegation that a defendant ordered the conduct can satisfy that requirement.

Vanhorn v. Monroe County Ohio · filed 2022-02-03

This allegation sufficiently supports an inference that Defendant Baker was personally involved in the unconstitutional conduct.

Section 1983 requires a defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged constitutional violation.

Simpson v. Cayuga Correctional Facility · filed 2022-02-04

Since Defendant Price was not present at the time of the October 10, 2018 incident, the undisputed facts demonstrate that he was not personally involved in any constitutional violation. As such, Magistrate Judge Baxter correctly determined that this claim must be dismissed due to Defendant's lack of personal involvement.

Section 1983 requires a defendant to be personally responsible for the deprivation of a constitutional right.

Trujillo v. Abraham · filed 2022-02-07

Section 1983 liability is predicated on fault, so to be liable, a defendant must be “personally responsible for the deprivation of a constitutional right.” Sanville v. McCaughtry, 266 F.3d 724, 740 (7th Cir.2001) (quoting Chavez v. Ill. State Police, 251 F.3d 612, 651 (7th Cir.2001)). Plaintiff’s pleading is unduly vague and fails to place Defendants squarely on notice of the claims against them.

Section 1983 individual-capacity claims may proceed when allegations read together plausibly connect each defendant to the alleged deprivation.

Babcock, Jr. v. Lakin · filed 2022-02-07

When read together, the allegations cited by the defendants and the plaintiff articulate claims against each of the defendants at this stage. Count 1 thus survives Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss.

Section 1983 requires facts connecting each individual defendant to the alleged wrongdoing; an agency head’s title alone does not state a claim.

Washington v. Howard · filed 2022-02-07

Even if the court were to liberally construe Plaintiff’s claims against Defendants Howard and Cohn as claims against them in their individual capacities under § 1983, the allegations in the complaint fail to state a claim. The allegations in the complaint do not even mention Cohn, and the only allegation against Howard is that she is the head of the relevant agency.

Section 1983 requires facts connecting each defendant to the alleged violation; a claim fails when no named defendant is alleged to have participated.

Brown 712722 v. Tribble · filed 2022-02-07

Where a person is named as a defendant without an allegation of specific conduct, the complaint is subject to dismissal, even under the liberal construction afforded to pro se complaints. ... Plaintiff does not allege that the named Defendants were involved in tampering with his mail.

Section 1983 requires facts showing a defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged constitutional violation; mere presence is insufficient.

Armour 327656 v. Horton · filed 2022-02-07

His vague and conclusory allegations of their participation are insufficient to demonstrate that Defendants were personally involved in the spraying of chemical agent in Plaintiff’s cell.

Section 1983 requires personal involvement to hold an individual defendant liable for an alleged assault.

Ridge v. Havas · filed 2022-02-07

“An individual defendant is not liable under § 1983 absent personal involvement.” ... The Court finds that the record fails to establish that Lindsay, Solomon, Davis and Ottino were directly involved in the alleged assault on Plaintiff.

Section 1983 requires facts showing a defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged constitutional violation; conclusory allegations are insufficient.

Ramey v. Marsh · filed 2022-02-07

This type of conclusory pleading is both insufficient under Ashcroft v. Iqbal and fails to properly allege personal involvement in the purported constitutional violation, see Dooley, 957 F.3d at 374.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to allege how each individual defendant personally caused a violation of the plaintiff’s rights.

Meyer v. County of San Diego · filed 2022-02-08

Plaintiffs are on the third iteration of their complaint and have yet to serve, much less advance any individual allegations as to how Does 1 through 50 violated their rights.

Section 1983 requires specific factual allegations connecting a defendant to the alleged deprivation of rights.

Hajro v. Sullivan · filed 2022-02-08

At face value, Hajro’s complaint contains issues all arising from alleged violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 which sets forth civil liability for anyone who—acting under the color of state or federal law—deprives a person of their constitutional rights. ... All of Hajro’s claims lack specificity and any indication of what legal theory he is relying on against any specific defendant. ... The Court cannot allow a lawsuit to proceed until Hajro can allege actual, specific facts against named individuals or entities and identify what law or statue was violated and why he is entitled to relief.

Section 1983 makes a government official liable for her own misconduct, not for care provided by other medical staff.

WIMBER v. WEST-DENNING · filed 2022-02-08

But Dr. Denning cannot be held responsible for the care provided, or not provided, by other medical staff.

Section 1983 requires facts showing each defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged deprivation of rights.

BAEZ v. FROELICH · filed 2022-02-08

Absent factual allegations supporting such personal involvement, dismissal is appropriate.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to connect a defendant to the alleged deprivation; a conditions claim fails when no responsible defendant is identified and no staff member is alleged to have had notice of the conditions.

Smith v. Maher · filed 2022-02-09

Here, however, Plaintiff does not name an individual defendant, claiming that “Mt. Sterling” (Western) held him in that cell. Plaintiff does not plead that he complained of these conditions to any staff member so as to have placed any individual on notice of them.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff suing a defendant in an individual capacity to allege facts showing that defendant’s personal responsibility for the harm.

Wallace v. Upton · filed 2022-02-09

If plaintiff is suing a defendant in an individual capacity, he is required to allege facts demonstrating the personal responsibility of the defendant for harming him.

Section 1983 requires a defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged constitutional violation; receiving a prisoner’s complaints alone does not establish it.

Thomas v. Doe · filed 2022-02-09

These two sentences recount the entirety of Bentivegna, Baldwin, and Russo’s roles in the pleading and do not establish the personal involvement necessary to state a claim for relief against them under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

A Section 1983 claim must identify which defendant committed the alleged conduct.

Girard v. Collao · filed 2022-02-09

These claims are insufficient as Plaintiff fails to state which Defendants he is describing.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff suing officials in their individual capacities to allege each defendant’s personal involvement in the constitutional violation.

Evans v. Corrections · filed 2022-02-10

To the extent plaintiff sues defendants Barone, Maldonado, and Roy under §1983 in their individual capacities, he has failed to allege their personal involvement.

Section 1983 requires personal involvement by each individual defendant; allegations about unnamed actors on unspecified dates do not establish it.

Gilbert v. Stony Brook University · filed 2022-02-10

Further, she cannot state a claim against any of the individual defendants based on allegations concerning unnamed actors occurring on unspecified dates.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to identify defendants personally involved in the alleged constitutional violation.

Martinez, Jr. v. Lucas County Jail · filed 2022-02-10

Further, Plaintiff’s claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 fail because he did not identify any individuals alleged to be personally involved in the activities giving rise to his claims.

Section 1983 requires allegations connecting a defendant’s specific acts or omissions to a constitutional deprivation.

Caroline's Kids Pet Rescue v. Lake Humane Society · filed 2022-02-10

Thus, Plaintiffs can obtain no relief against Defendant Fasso for alleged violations of the First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution pursuant to 42 U.S. C. § 1983.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to allege what each defendant personally did or failed to do to violate the plaintiff’s rights.

Morris v. Tondkar · filed 2022-02-11

Because §1983 makes public employees liable “for their own misdeeds but not for anyone else’s,” Burks v. Raemisch, 555 F.3d 592, 596 (7th Cir.2009), a plaintiff must specifically allege what each individual defendant did (or did not do) to violate his constitutional rights. Absent any allegations that they did anything to violate his constitutional rights, Kind and Haese are dismissed.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to link each defendant to an affirmative act or omission that violated the plaintiff’s federal rights.

Hernandez v. Washburn · filed 2022-02-11

In other words, to state a claim for relief under § 1983, Plaintiff must link each named defendant with some affirmative act or omission that demonstrates a violation of his federal rights.

Section 1983 requires an affirmative link between each defendant’s actions and the claimed deprivation of rights.

(PC) Alvarez v. Amador County Superior Court · filed 2022-02-11

There can be no liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 unless there is some affirmative link or connection between a defendant’s actions and the claimed deprivation.

A § 1983 complaint must allege facts showing how each defendant was involved in the alleged deprivation.

Starr 187055 v. Hill · filed 2022-02-11

Plaintiff’s complaint, as pleaded, states no specific factual allegations against Defendants and, therefore, is insufficient to state a claim against them. Plaintiff provides no facts suggesting how Defendants were actively involved in the presumed denial of adequate medical care.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to allege that a defendant was personally involved in or directly responsible for the conduct that caused the injury.

Johnson v. UNMC · filed 2022-02-11

Also, to state an actionable § 1983 claim, the plaintiff must allege that the defendant was personally involved in or had direct responsibility for incidents that resulted in injury.

Section 1983 requires an individual defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged deprivation of rights.

McDaniel v. Department of Correction · filed 2022-02-11

More specifically, the Court agrees with the Report’s conclusions that: (i) Plaintiff failed to provide any evidence in support of his claim for municipal liability (Report 11-13); (ii) neither Manzo nor Golden had personal involvement in the alleged deprivations of Plaintiff’s constitutional rights, as necessary to give rise to liability under Section 1983 (id. at 13-15); (iii) Plaintiff failed to establish that the circumstances of his incarceration posed a substantial risk of serious harm or that Defendants were deliberately indifferent to such a risk, both of which are necessary elements for a claim for deliberate indifference to Plaintiff’s safety (id. at 15-19); (iv) the record does not contain any evidence suggesting that Defendants applied excessive force to Plaintiff (id. at 19-22); and (v) Plaintiff’s negligence claim fails because Defendants did not breach their duty to protect Plaintiff from impending harm (id. at 22-24).

A Section 1983 complaint must attribute specific conduct to each named defendant.

Cottrell v. Michigan Department of State Police · filed 2022-02-14

Where a person is named as a defendant without an allegation of specific conduct, the complaint is subject to dismissal, even under the liberal construction afforded to pro se complaints.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to allege each defendant’s personal involvement in the claimed constitutional violation.

RODRIGUEZ v. OTTINO · filed 2022-02-14

In a § 1983 action, the personal involvement of each defendant in the alleged constitutional violation is a required element, and, therefore, a plaintiff must allege how each defendant was involved in the events and occurrences giving rise to the claims.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to allege an official’s personal involvement in the constitutional violation; a place in the chain of command is insufficient.

McCarrick v. Steuben County · filed 2022-02-14

To establish liability against an official under § 1983, a plaintiff must allege that individual’s personal involvement in the alleged constitutional violation; it is not enough to assert that the defendant is a link in the chain of command.

Section 1983 requires a defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged violation; responding to a grievance alone does not establish it.

DUKES v. WOOD · filed 2022-02-14

Nor can a prisoner hold a prison official liable merely on the basis of a response to a grievance or request.

Section 1983 requires a defendant’s personal participation for individual-capacity liability.

Buchanan v. JUMPSTART, INC. · filed 2022-02-14

The law is clear that personal participation of a defendant is a necessary element of a § 1983 claim against a government official in his individual capacity. ... Buchanan has failed to allege any facts showing personal involvement by the JumpStart Board defendants in connection with any alleged constitutional violations.

Section 1983 claims must allege each defendant’s personal involvement; conclusory allegations against defendants as a group are insufficient.

OJO v. ESSEX COUNTY · filed 2022-02-15

Mere “conclusory allegations against defendants as a group” that “fail[] to allege the personal involvement of any defendant” are insufficient to state a claim.

Section 1983 requires an affirmative link between each defendant’s actions and the alleged deprivation of rights.

(PC) Michel v. Gipson · filed 2022-02-15

There can be no liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 unless there is some affirmative link or connection between a defendant’s actions and the claimed deprivation.

Individual liability under § 1983 requires personal involvement in the alleged constitutional deprivation.

HANNA v. JACKSON · filed 2022-02-15

The defendants are not personally liable for a delay they did not cause. See Colbert v. City of Chicago, 851 F.3d 649, 657 (7th Cir. 2017) ("Individual liability under § 1983 requires personal involvement in the alleged constitutional deprivation.") (cleaned up).

Section 1983 imposes individual liability only for the defendant's own conduct.

BOYD v. DEATON · filed 2022-02-15

And because Mr. Boyd's claims proceed under § 1983, only Nurse Deaton's conduct is at issue.

Section 1983 requires allegations connecting each named defendant’s conduct to the claimed deprivation of rights.

Stewart 507710 v. Rush · filed 2022-02-15

Where a person is named as a defendant without an allegation of specific conduct, the complaint, or claim, is subject to dismissal, even under the liberal construction afforded to pro se complaints.

Section 1983 claims require facts showing each defendant’s personal involvement; conclusory allegations against defendants as a group are insufficient.

OJO v. CORECIVIC, INC. · filed 2022-02-15

Mere “conclusory allegations against defendants as a group” that “fail[] to allege the personal involvement of any defendant” are insufficient to state a claim.

Section 1983 requires allegations identifying each defendant’s personal involvement; collective allegations that do not specify each defendant’s conduct are insufficient.

OJO v. HUDSON COUNTY · filed 2022-02-15

The Court has reviewed Plaintiff’s Amended Complaints and concludes that he has continued to engage in impermissible group pleading. The Amended Complaints often allege that the Defendants acted in unison, without separately delineating the actions of each Defendant or explaining under what circumstances they acted or failed to act.

Section 1983 requires factual allegations showing each defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged misconduct; conclusory allegations against defendants as a group are insufficient.

OJO v. BERGEN COUNTY · filed 2022-02-15

These types of allegations are known as improper group pleading. Mere “conclusory allegations against defendants as a group” that “fail[] to allege the personal involvement of any defendant” are insufficient to state a claim.

Section 1983 requires a defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged constitutional violation.

Amaker v. Gerbing · filed 2022-02-15

Any claims for relief pressed against Annucci, Bellnier, McKoy, and Venettozzi are, accordingly, dismissed for lack of personal involvement.

Section 1983 requires a defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged constitutional deprivation.

Brown v. Cromwell · filed 2022-02-16

Moreover, without any allegations about who was involved in the decision to transfer Brown, there is no one to attach personal liability too. Vance v. Peters, 97 F.3d 987, 991 (7th Cir. 1996) (“Section 1983 creates a cause of action based on personal liability and predicated upon fault; thus, liability does not attach unless the individual defendant caused or participated in a constitutional deprivation.”).

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to plead that each government official violated the Constitution through that official’s own actions.

Malik Muntaqim, Adc 088633 v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction · filed 2022-02-16

To state a claim under § 1983, a plaintiff must plead that each government-official defendant, through the official’s own individual actions, has violated the Constitution.

A Section 1983 complaint must link the named defendants’ actions to the alleged deprivation.

(PC) Baker v. Lynch · filed 2022-02-16

To state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the plaintiff must allege an actual connection or link between the actions of the named defendants and the alleged deprivations.

A plaintiff sufficiently pleads personal involvement under § 1983 by alleging that officials knew of repeated complaints about denied medical care and failed to address them.

Loving v. Gomez · filed 2022-02-16

These allegations sufficiently plead Defendants’ personal involvement.

Section 1983 liability requires a causal link between a defendant’s conduct and the deprivation of rights; a complaint must identify who was personally responsible.

Weyant v. Hubbard · filed 2022-02-16

Liability under § 1983 requires a causal link to, and direct responsibility for, the deprivation of rights.” ... Plaintiff’s failure to specifically name a defendant who denied him care is fatal to his request for relief against defendant Corizon Medical.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to allege a defendant’s personal involvement in the claimed deprivation.

Beckett v. T. Grant · filed 2022-02-17

In addition, Beckett failed to allege any personal involvement by one of the medical defendants, Dr. Frommer.

Section 1983 liability requires an affirmative link between a defendant’s actions and the claimed deprivation.

(PC)Witkin v. Snelling · filed 2022-02-17

There can be no liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 unless there is some affirmative link or connection between a defendant’s actions and the claimed deprivation.

Section 1983 requires personal involvement in the alleged violation for individual liability.

Gibson v. McCreary County, Kentucky · filed 2022-02-17

First, § 1983 liability hinges on individual conduct; Plaintiff must cite to behavior by Sheriff Waters himself, relative to a claim, to establish individual liability. Sheriff Waters was not present for or otherwise directly involved in the circumstances of arrest, so he could have no individual liability for the circumstances.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to allege each defendant’s personal involvement in the misconduct; supervisory status alone does not establish liability.

Wenhold v. Nelson · filed 2022-02-17

It is well established that, in Section 1983 actions, liability cannot be “predicated solely on the operation of respondeat superior.”

Section 1983 requires allegations connecting a sheriff to a denial of medical care; allegations that jail staff ignored requests are insufficient without facts showing the sheriff knew and failed to act.

Coates, Marvin v. Mahoney, David · filed 2022-02-18

Likewise, plaintiff’s allegation that he was sick and left untreated for several weeks does not implicate Mahoney; plaintiff has not alleged that he reported his severe symptoms to jail staff and they ignored his complaints, or, more importantly, that Mahoney knew that jail staff were ignoring his requests for medical attention and failed to take corrective action.

Section 1983 requires alleged wrongdoing by the defendants; allegations about other people do not state a claim against them.

Otis v. Manske · filed 2022-02-18

An allegation that those private citizens lied is not an allegation of wrongdoing by the hearing officer or property manager, so it is not a claim against these defendants.

Section 1983 requires a defendant’s personal involvement for individual liability.

Vanterpool v. Harris · filed 2022-02-18

Moreover, Vanterpool has not shown the personal involvement of any of the defendants in designing or imposing the challenged restrictions, as required for individual liability under § 1983.

Section 1983 requires a defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged constitutional deprivation for individual liability.

SLOAN v. BYRD · filed 2022-02-18

For clarity and completeness of the record, the Court notes that the evidence does not show that any of the defendants were personally involved in this action, and as such, they may not be held liable for the decision to discontinue Mr. Sloan's physical therapy or the decision to confiscate his physical therapy pamphlets.

Section 1983 requires allegations that each defendant was personally involved in the conduct giving rise to the claim.

Owens v. Buckman · filed 2022-02-18

Because the complaint contains no allegation of any personal involvement in the alleged events on the part of Defendant Hayse, the Court will dismiss Plaintiff’s claims against her for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.

Section 1983 does not make a defendant liable for another person’s acts or omissions.

Aldridge v. Hill · filed 2022-02-18

Plaintiff cannot hold Hill liable for the perceived acts or omissions of others.

Section 1983 requires a causal link between a defendant’s conduct and the alleged deprivation of rights.

Goldsmith v. Heffner · filed 2022-02-18

Liability under § 1983 requires a causal link to, and direct responsibility for, the alleged deprivation of rights.

Section 1983 requires an individual defendant’s personal involvement; mere knowledge of a prisoner’s grievance is insufficient.

Morgan v. Mallozzi · filed 2022-02-18

Even assuming plaintiff Mallozzi was aware of the grievance, her "mere knowledge" is insufficient to adequately plead a Section 1983 violation.

Section 1983 requires facts showing a defendant’s direct and personal involvement in the alleged constitutional deprivation.

Labossiere v. Montefiore Hospital (Mount Vernon) · filed 2022-02-18

To state a claim under Section 1983, a plaintiff must allege facts showing the defendants’ direct and personal involvement in the alleged constitutional deprivation. ... Plaintiff does not allege any facts showing how Officer McMann was personally involved in the events underlying his claims. Plaintiff’s Section 1983 claims against Officer McMann are therefore dismissed for failure to state a claim on which relief may be granted.

Section 1983 requires each defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged deprivation of rights; a supervisory role alone does not establish liability.

BUTLER v. SISSEM · filed 2022-02-18

To prevail on a § 1983 claim, a plaintiff “must show that each and every defendant was ‘personal[ly] involve[d]’ in depriving him of his rights.” ... Because Butler’s claims against Clark and Smock are based entirely upon their supervisory roles in the prison system, summary judgment is appropriate.

Section 1983 requires facts showing each individual defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged rights violation.

WILKES v. ALBION · filed 2021-05-18

With respect to the claims asserted against the individual Defendants, Judge Lanzillo concluded that Plaintiff had failed to allege facts showing each individual’s personal involvement in an actionable Eighth Amendment violation, as is required for §1983 liability. ... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the report and recommendation of U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard A. Lanzillo, issued on April 8, 2021, ECF No. [41], as modified herein, is adopted as the opinion of the Court.

Individual liability under § 1983 requires personal involvement in the alleged constitutional violation.

Brown, Larry v. Bellile, Doug · filed 2021-10-14

Therefore, it appears that there are no other individuals to identify and include in this lawsuit based on workgroup involvement. See Minix v. Canarecci, 597 F.3d 824, 833-34 (7th Cir. 2010) (“individual liability under § 1983 requires personal involvement in the alleged constitutional violation”) (citation omitted).

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to link each defendant to an alleged wrong.

Ingram v. Taniguchi · filed 2022-02-21

Second, this suit also cannot go forward because Ingram has not linked any defendant — other than the district attorney and the superior court — to any alleged wrong.

Section 1983 holds public employees liable for their own participation in a constitutional violation, not for another official’s actions.

Richard v. Swiekatowski · filed 2022-02-22

Because § 1983 makes public employees liable “for their own misdeeds but not for anyone else’s,” Burks v. Raemisch, 555 F.3d 592, 596 (7th Cir.2009), no reasonable fact finder could conclude that Wickman should be held liable for Kind’s actions.

Section 1983 does not make a government official liable for a staff member’s conduct merely because the official supervises that person.

Chong Lee v. Carr · filed 2022-02-22

But the knowledge of Carr’s staff is not automatically attributed to him. Nor does § 1983 allow for his liability based on what his staff did or failed to do.

A § 1983 plaintiff cannot shift the burden of identifying the offending officer to the defendants when the evidence does not rule out other possible officers.

Epps v. City and County of Denver · filed 2022-02-22

I find, however, that the record does not support a conclusion that only Officer Dreith or Officer Hamilton could have shot plaintiff, and I therefore conclude that this burden-shifting approach is inappropriate in this case.

Section 1983 requires allegations connecting a defendant to a constitutional violation; naming someone in the complaint’s caption is insufficient.

Garner v. Burrell · filed 2022-02-22

First, Garner identifies Lu Walker in the caption of his Amended Complaint but fails to include any allegations against him in the statement of claim. Because there are no allegations stating a constitutional violation by Walker, he is DISMISSED without prejudice.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to establish the personal involvement of each supervisory official sued.

Morrow v. Vanderwerff · filed 2022-02-22

The R&R further determined that under the Second Circuit’s decision in Tangreti v. Bachmann, 983 F.3d 609 (2d Cir. 2020), plaintiff had failed to establish the personal involvement of Graham, Ost, Bruen, Martuscello, Bellnier, McKoy, or Koenigsmann, the supervisory officials that had also been named as defendants. ... Thus, upon review for clear error, the R&R will be accepted and adopted.

A Section 1983 claim against an individual must allege that the defendant is a state official personally involved in the alleged rights violation.

Jones v. Kehan · filed 2022-02-22

The Court, in its January 3, 2022, order, also dismissed Plaintiff’s claims against Defendant Meehan, brought under Section 1983 or Bivens, because Plaintiff failed to allege facts in his complaint showing that Meehan is either a state or a federal official, and that he has been directly and personally involved in the alleged violations of Plaintiff’s constitutional rights. ... Accordingly, the Court dismisses Plaintiff’s claims against Meehan, brought under either Section 1983 or Bivens, for failure to state a claim on which relief may be granted.

Section 1983 requires facts showing each individual defendant’s direct and personal involvement in the alleged constitutional deprivation.

Osias v. Department of Correction · filed 2022-02-22

To state a claim under Section 1983, a plaintiff must allege facts showing the defendants’ direct and personal involvement in the alleged constitutional deprivation. ... He does not allege, however, how their conduct specifically violated Plaintiff’s constitutional rights or how they were involved personally in violating his rights. He therefore fails to state a claim against these individual defendants in their individual capacities, and the Court dismisses these defendants on this basis.

Section 1983 permits a claim against a supervisor when evidence allows a jury to find that the supervisor knew of and facilitated, approved, or condoned a constitutional violation.

Adamidis v. Cook County · filed 2022-02-23

A government official is liable under § 1983 only for his or her own personal involvement in a constitutional violation. ... There is evidence in the record from which a jury could infer that Dwyer knew of plaintiff’s arrest and facilitated, approved, or condoned it.

Section 1983 requires an individual defendant to have personally caused or participated in the alleged constitutional deprivation.

Croom v. Wills · filed 2022-02-23

Because there are no allegations that Wills was personally involved in an alleged deprivation of Plaintiff’s constitutional rights, he will be dismissed.

Section 1983 requires a causal connection between an individual defendant’s conduct and the alleged deprivation of rights.

Berry v. Pfister · filed 2022-02-23

As noted in the Court’s prior Memorandum and Order, issued on January 28, 2022, plaintiff must show a “causal connection between” an “action on the part of defendants and” a deprivation of plaintiff’s rights. See Kohl v. Casson, 5 F.3d 1141, 1149 (8th Cir. 1993). That causal connection is missing here.

Section 1983 requires proof that an officer sued individually was personally involved in the alleged constitutional violation.

HEYWARD v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA · filed 2022-02-23

To establish a civil rights claim against the Officers in their individual capacities, Mr. Heyward must show their personal involvement in the alleged wrongs.

Section 1983 permits a claim against an officer when a verified complaint sufficiently alleges his personal involvement in the alleged violation.

Wolfe v. Churray · filed 2022-02-23

Plaintiff’ objects to the applicable Report’s (DE 325) recommendation that Defendant Welchel, transportation sgt., be dismissed because he specifically alleged in his verified complaint that (DE 110) Welchel transported Wolfe by van from PCI to GPH, which constitutes personal involvement sufficient to deny the motion for summary judgment as to Welchel. (DE 334, p. 3.) The Court agrees and declines to adopt this portion of the applicable Report (DE 325) as it relates to Welchel.

Section 1983 requires a complaint to describe each defendant’s role in causing the plaintiff’s injury.

Brown v. Paul · filed 2022-02-24

Plaintiff’s complaint is also deficient for failing to discuss the specific roles of Defendants M. Meisner and J. Tassler in causing his injuries.

A § 1983 damages claim requires allegations showing each defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged constitutional violation.

Quint v. Martin · filed 2022-02-24

Accordingly, all claims against Counselor JackoRusso, Dr. Rader, and Kara Philips are hereby DISMISSED, without prejudice, for lack of personal involvement.

Section 1983 requires sufficient allegations of a defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged constitutional violation.

Romaine v. Wills · filed 2022-02-24

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT Claim 3 be DISMISSED without prejudice against Warden Wills because there is not a sufficient allegation of personal involvement or wrongful action by Wills.

Section 1983 does not impose liability on a prison official solely for denying a grievance about completed conduct in which the official was not involved.

Johnson v. Card · filed 2022-02-24

Because Johnson does not allege that Jones did anything more than deny his grievance that arose out of Card’s completed act of removing him from the ASAT program, he cannot state a viable claim against her.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff seeking to hold an individual defendant liable to allege that defendant’s personal responsibility for the deprivation of rights.

Stewart v. Maze · filed 2022-02-24

Individual liability in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case is personal. ... Because plaintiff has failed to allege the personal responsibility of Officer Maze and K-9 Officer Rockey, he has failed to state a claim against them in their individual capacities.

A Section 1983 plaintiff must specify each defendant’s personal involvement in the claimed constitutional violation.

Gomez-Kadawid v. Lee · filed 2022-02-24

Plaintiff is ordered to amend his Complaint: (i) to specify the personal involvement of Dr. Lee and Dr. Alsabban in the claimed constitutional violation, see R&R at 22, 27; (ii) to specify whether he timely served notice of claims relative to his state law claims of battery and medical malpractice on NYC Health + Hospitals, see id. at 26–27; and (iii) to provide any reasons why the applicable statutes of limitations for those state-law claims should be equitably tolled or why Defendants should be equitably estopped from relying on the statutes of limitations, see id. at 27.

Section 1983 requires a defendant’s personal involvement in the constitutional violation.

Gunn v. Abrunzo · filed 2022-02-24

To advance a § 1983 claim, the defendant must have been personally involved in the constitutional violation. ... The Court agrees with Defendants that based on the record presented, Gunn is unable to prove an essential element of his claim—personal involvement.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to allege each defendant’s personal involvement in the violation of the plaintiff’s rights.

Willis v. Schmidt · filed 2022-02-24

As noted, plaintiff does not allege personal involvement by any of the named defendants in the alleged violation of his rights and, accordingly, fails to state a claim against them under § 1983.

Section 1983 permits a retaliation claim against officials plausibly alleged to have been personally involved in the adverse actions.

WILLIAMS v. NYBERG · filed 2022-02-24

Yet giving his pleading the benefit of a liberal interpretation, and affording him every reasonable inference, the Court finds that he has arguably pled a causal connection between his own First Amendment activities and the adverse actions in which each of the aforementioned officials was personally involved.

Section 1983 requires a defendant’s personal involvement in a constitutional violation; supervising prison operations alone does not establish liability.

Watford v. Harner · filed 2022-02-25

A high-ranking prison official cannot be held liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 simply because he oversees operations within the prison or supervises other correctional staff. ... As the undisputed material facts show, none of the wardens, Harrington, Butler, and Lashbrook, were directly involved with Watford and any of his alleged claims.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to identify each defendant’s conduct that supports that defendant’s liability; allegations directed at defendants collectively are insufficient.

Milam v. Leslie County Detention Center · filed 2022-02-25

Sweeping pronouncements directed against all defendants are not sufficient to indicate liability against any particular individual defendant.

Section 1983 requires facts showing that a defendant was personally involved in, or directly responsible for, the alleged deprivation of federal rights.

Dennison v. State of Missouri Department of Corrections · filed 2022-02-25

Additionally, plaintiff has failed to allege facts that would demonstrate any defendant was personally involved in, or directly responsible for, violating his federally-protected rights, as necessary to state a cognizable § 1983 claim.

Section 1983 requires a plaintiff to allege each defendant’s personal involvement in a constitutional violation.

Stone v. Grisham · filed 2022-02-25

The plaintiff must allege that each government official, through the official’s own individual actions, has personally violated the Constitution. ... Here, Plaintiff fails to name the person responsible for calculating his sentence or otherwise demonstrate personal involvement by any Defendant.

Section 1983 requires a defendant’s personal involvement in the alleged misconduct; handling a grievance after the incident alone does not create liability.

Carr v. Doe · filed 2022-02-25

That is because involvement in the post-incident grievance process alone does not give rise to Section 1983 liability.