Even if Pladsen had subjectively believed that any of Weaver's statements constituted requests for information, it is unclear that such a belief, alone, would have created an agency relationship. See Fairbank v. Ayers , 650 F.3d 1243, 1256 (9th Cir. 2011) ("even if [the informant] subjectively believed that the officer's statement [that he was looking for the murder weapon] was a request [for that information], this does not constitute the requisite state involvement"), cert. denied, 565 U.S. 1276, 132 S. Ct. 1757, 182 L. Ed. 2d 558 (2012).