Opinion ID: 3212912
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Heading: DeCambre's Fourteenth Amendment Claims

Text: DeCambre claimed below that the BHA's allegedly erroneous income calculation deprived her of substantive and procedural due process under the Fourteenth Amendment, and she sought relief under Section 1983. See Gianfrancesco v. Town of Wrentham, 712 F.3d 634, 639 (1st Cir. 2013) (Section 1983 provides cause of action for constitutional due process claims). The district court rejected these constitutional claims on the merits, and DeCambre's opening brief on appeal does not attempt to revive them, grounding DeCambre's claim to Section 1983 relief solely on the BHA's alleged violation of rights conferred by the Housing Act rather than the Constitution. DeCambre has therefore abandoned her Fourteenth Amendment claims. See Juárez v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., 708 F.3d 269, 273 n.3 (1st Cir. 2013).