Opinion ID: 6931492
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Heading: Acts of a policymaker

Text: Plaintiff also suggests that regardless of Lennon’s training, his acts may give rise to municipal liability in and of themselves because Lennon’s high rank enabled him to establish municipal policy. In Pembaur v. Cincinnati 475 U.S. 469, 481, 106 S.Ct. 1292, 1299, 89 L.Ed.2d 452 (1986), the Supreme Court held that where “[a] decision to adopt [a] particular course of action is properly made by [a] government’s authorized decisionmakers, it surely represents an act of official government ‘policy’ as that term is commonly understood.” Plaintiff, however, cites neither facts nor law showing that a San Francisco police commander is an authorized decisionmaker for the City and County of San Francisco. We therefore reject this argument. AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; AND REMANDED.