context: Moreover, the view of this court has long been that Zinermon is best viewed as a case where the state statutory scheme conferred so much discretion on state officials so as to authorize the state officials' actions in deprivation of procedural rights.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 163 F.3d 15, 19
citation_a.parenthetical: in Zinermon "the procedure was itself authorized by state law"
citation_a.sentence: See Herwins v. City of Revere, 163 F.3d 15, 19 (1st Cir.1998) (in Zinermon “the procedure was itself authorized by state law”); see also Mard v. Town of Amherst, 350 F.3d 184, 194 n. 4 (1st Cir.2003) (same); O’Neill v. Baker, 210 F.3d 41, 50 (1st Cir.2000) (“In Herwins, we viewed Zinermon as a case in which state law did authorize the procedure followed (albeit unconstitutionally), so that the act of the officials could not be described as ‘random and unauthorized’ .... ”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 210 F.3d 41, 50
citation_b.parenthetical: "In Herwins, we viewed Zinermon as a case in which state law did authorize the procedure followed (albeit unconstitutionally
citation_b.sentence: See Herwins v. City of Revere, 163 F.3d 15, 19 (1st Cir.1998) (in Zinermon “the procedure was itself authorized by state law”); see also Mard v. Town of Amherst, 350 F.3d 184, 194 n. 4 (1st Cir.2003) (same); O’Neill v. Baker, 210 F.3d 41, 50 (1st Cir.2000) (“In Herwins, we viewed Zinermon as a case in which state law did authorize the procedure followed (albeit unconstitutionally), so that the act of the officials could not be described as ‘random and unauthorized’ .... ”).