context: Although the [Fourteenth] Amendment does not generally require police officers to provide medical assistance to private citizens, DeShaney v. [Winnebago County Dept.
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.identifier: 489 U.S. 189, 197
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that the due process clause does not generally confer affirmative rights to governmental aid, even where such aid may be necessary to secure life
citation_a.sentence: Soc. Svcs., 489 U.S. 189, 197, 109 S.Ct. 998, 103 L.Ed.2d 249 (1989) ] (holding that the due process clause does not generally confer affirmative rights to governmental aid, even where such aid may be necessary to secure life), when a state officer’s conduct places a person in peril in deliberate indifference to their safety, that conduct creates a constitutional claim.
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: concluding that a valid section 1983 claim existed against a state police officer who caused a woman to be stranded in a high-crime area at night where she was subsequently raped
citation_b.sentence: See L.W. v. Grubbs, 974 F.2d 119 (9th Cir.1992) [¶]... ] (concluding a valid section 1983 claim existed against a supervisor at a state facility who placed plaintiff in danger by assigning her to work with an inmate sex offender who had a history of violent assaults on women; he subsequently raped and kidnaped her); Wood v. Ostrander, 879 F.2d 583 (9th Cir.1989) [¶]... ] (concluding that a valid section 1983 claim existed against a state police officer who caused a woman to be stranded in a high-crime area at night where she was subsequently raped).