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US CODE: Title 42,1983. Civil action for deprivation of rights <br />LII / Legal Information Institute <br />U.S. Code collection <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />Search Law School Search Cornell <br />TITLE 42 > CHAPTER 21 > SUBCHAPTER I > § 1983 <br />§ 1983. Civil action for deprivation of rights <br />Every person who, under <br />color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or <br />the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United <br />States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, <br />privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party <br />injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except <br />that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such <br />officer's judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree <br />was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable. For the purposes of this section, any Act <br />of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a <br />statute of the District of Columbia. <br />LII has no control over and does not endorse any external <br />Internet site that contains links to or references LII. <br />http://www.law.comell.edu/uscode/42/usc ---- 000-.htnil 9/30/2009 <br />