Opinion ID: 806484
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Heading: Claim Against the City of Roswell

Text: Gray claims that (1) the City failed to properly train the Officers, (2) the Officers actions were within the policy, practice, custom, or procedure of the City, (3) the City ratified the Officers’ conduct, and (4) all City officers routinely violate the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. In Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York, 436 U.S. 658, 98 S. Ct. 2018 (1978), the Supreme Court explained the boundaries of municipal liability under § 1983. A municipality may only be held liable for the actions of law enforcement officers when official policy or custom causes the constitutional violation. Id. at 694, 98 S. Ct. at 2037–38. Gray does not recite any facts or policies which would support a claim against the City. Gray only makes “[t]hreadbare recitals of the elements of a cause of action, supported by mere conclusory statements.” Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678, 126 S. Ct. at 1949. This is not sufficient to survive a motion to dismiss, and the district court properly dismissed the claims against the City.