Specifically, he refers to a 2018 case brought in this district where PB&J alleged that the City had engaged in a civil conspiracy that violated its procedural due process rights by removing them from a rotational list used for hiring tow truck companies to remove wrecked vehicles from the scene of an accident. PB&J Towing Serv., I&II, LLC v. Hines, 487 F.Supp.3d 695, 699 (W.D. Tenn. 2020), aff'd sub nom. PB&J Towing Serv. I & II, LLC v. Hines, No. 206170, 2022 WL 390599 (6th Cir. Feb. 9, 2022). The court

However, neither “an abstract need or desire” for a benefit nor a plaintiff's “unilateral expectation” that she will receive one is enough to create a property interest in that benefit. PB&J Towing Serv. I & II, LLC v. Hines, No. 20-6170, 2022 WL 390599, at *2 (6th Cir. Feb. 9, 2022) (first quoting Roth, 408 U.S. at 577; and then quoting Lucas v. Monroe Cnty., 203 F.3d 964, 978 (6th Cir. 2000)).

PB&J Towing Serv. I & II, LLC v. Hines, No. 20-6170, 2022 WL 390599, at *5 (6th Cir. Feb. 9, 2022); Umani v. Mich. Dep't of Corrs., 432 Fed.Appx. 453, 462 (6th Cir. 2011).

A civil conspiracy claim requires a constitutional deprivation. See Bauss v. Plymouth Twp., 233 Fed.Appx. 490, 496 (6th Cir. 2007) (“To establish a ‘conspiracy' under a Section 1983 claim, a plaintiff must first demonstrate a constitutional deprivation.”); PB&J Towing Serv. I & II, LLC v. Hines, No. 20-6170, 2022 WL 390599, at *5 (6th Cir. Feb. 9, 2022) (similar). And as explained, no reasonable jury could find that Cole and Grace violated the DeSandres' First Amendment or Fourth Amendment rights.