United States Ninth Circuit

In an actinon brought by a conservative political activist against a Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney, who published derogatory and intimidating statements about plaintiff on his personal Internet blog and on Twitter, the district court's dismissal is: 1) affirmed in part as to claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, where plaintiff's factual allegations did not sufficiently support her claim that defendant acted under color of state law; and 2) reversed in part as to the state law claims where it erred by requiring plaintiff to establish by a preponderance of the evidence the amount in controversy for showing federal diversity jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/15/2015
• Published 06/15/2015

Judges

• Tallman

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel