Opinion ID: 4561241
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Heading: Silver City

Text: Absent a showing of constitutional injury, a municipality cannot be liable for damages, regardless of the existence of a policy or custom. See Hinton v. City of Elwood, 997 F.2d 774, 782 (10th Cir. 1993) (“A municipality may not be held liable where there was no underlying constitutional violation by any of its officers.”).
“We review de novo a district court’s decision on a Rule 12(b)(6) motion for dismissal for failure to state a claim.” Waller, 932 F.3d at 1282 (internal quotation marks omitted). “Under this standard, we must accept all the well-pleaded allegations of the complaint as true and must construe them in the light most favorable to the plaintiff.” Id. (internal quotation marks omitted).
Because we affirm summary judgment for Officer Hernandez on the ground that no constitutional violation was committed, the district court properly dismissed Ms. Holmes’s claims against Silver City.