OPINION OF THE COURT
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
We weave our way in this appeal through the Supreme Court's labyrinthine state action jurisprudence. The question presented is whether foster parents are state actors for purposes of liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We hold that they are not.
I.
A.
When appellant Karen M. Leshko was two-and-a-half years old, her foster mother, appellee Judy Servis, placed her in the kitchen sink...
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