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Opinion
21 F.3d 1109 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Apr 28, 1994
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Sandoval v. Wackenhut Correctional
Seventh Circuit · Sep 4, 2009
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recognizing that employees of a privately run correctional facility operated under contract with the federal government were not state actors for purposes of § 1983
recognizing that employees of a privately run correctional facility operated under contract with the federal government were not state actors for purposes of § 1983
rejecting federal inmate’s § 1983 claim against company acting pursuant to a contract with the federal government
“Because Sandoval was a federal prisoner in the facility, which Wackenhut was under contract with the federal government to operate, his claims cannot be based on § 1983, because no state action was involved.”
“Because Sandoval was a federal prisoner in the facility, which Wackenhut was under contract with the federal government to operate, his claims cannot be based on § 1983, because no state action was involved.”
