Opinion ID: 6350443
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Heading: Inadequate Training—Sheriff Albers

Text: Magne’s inadequate-training claim against Albers in his official capacity as Clear Creek County Sheriff is effectively a municipal liability claim. See Monell v. Dep’t of Soc. Servs., 436 U.S. 658, 690 n.55 (1978). However, “a municipality is responsible only for its own illegal acts. It may not be held liable where there was no underlying constitutional violation by any of its officers.” Donahue v. Wihongi, 948 F.3d 1177, 1199 (10th Cir. 2020) (internal quotation marks omitted). Having failed to establish an underlying constitutional violation, Magne cannot hold Albers liable for inadequate training. See Hinton, 997 F.2d at 782. He therefore fails to show any reversible error in the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Albers.