to summary judgment with respect to the plaintiffs claim for excessive force. B. Failure to Train and Supervise In her amended complaint, the plaintiff seeks to hold the Sheriffs Office, Sheriff Johnson, and PHS liable on the theory that they failed to adequately train and supervise the deputies and the medical personnel. However, because the plaintiffs claim against these defendants is predicated on their supervisory roles, the plaintiffs claim against them must also be dismissed. It is well established that there can be no liability under § 1983 on the part of a supervisory official or governmental employer in the absence of a constitutional violation on the part of the employees being supervised. Huggins v. Weider, 105 Fed.Appx. 503 (4th Cir.2004); see also Young, 238 F.3d at 579 (<HOLDING>). III. Plaintiff’s Claims Under State Law In
holding that a section 1983 failuretotrain claim cannot be maintained against a governmental employer in a case where there is no underlying constitutional violation by the employee holding that where no underlying constitutional violation occurred the city cannot be liable under monell holding that recovery against an individual employee is barred and may be sought against the governmental unit only  when suit is filed against both the governmental unit and its employee id  101106e holding that a claim for municipal liability under  1983 requires inter alia proof of an underlying constitutional violation holding that a city may not be held liable under  1983 where there was no underlying constitutional violation by any of its officers