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a <br />just compensation. Plaintiffs allege that defendants' <br />actions were motivated by a desire to benefit defendant <br />Baker. Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment stating that <br />they are entitled to the building permit without having to <br />convey the public right of. way. Plaintiffs also request an <br />injunction ordering defendants to issue the building permit <br />without the required conveyance. Plaintiffs finally seek <br />$50,000 in compensatory damages, an unspecified amount of <br />punitive damages, attorneys' fees and costs. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Procedural Due Process <br />Plaintiffs' claim that the City has denied their <br />building permit application arbitrarily and without due <br />process constitutes a procedural due process claim asserted <br />through the vehicle of 12 U.S.C. 5 1983. To establish such a <br />claim under section 1983, plaintiffs must not only show that <br />the defendants acted under color of state law, plaintiffs <br />must also demonstrate that they have been deprived of a right <br />protected by the federal constitution or federal statutes. <br />E.g., Parratt v. Taylor, 451 U.S. 527, 535 (1981). Here, the <br />relevant inquiry is whether plaintiffs had a property <br />interest protected by the fourteenth amendment to the United <br />States Constitution. The fourteenth amendment itself, <br />- 3 - <br />