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Laws and Regulations, United States Code
42 U.S.C. § 1983: Title 42, Chapter 21, Sub-Chapter I, Section 1983
§1983. Civil action for deprivation of rights
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Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer's judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable. For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia.
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1/17/2024 |
District Of Columbia District Court |
1:24-cv-00147-APM |
MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA et al v. PAXTON |
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12/29/2023 |
Maryland District Court |
8:23-cv-03526-LKG |
Ademiluyi v. The Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities et al |
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9/8/2023 |
California Eastern District Court |
2:23-at-00903 |
X CORP. v. Bonta |
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9/8/2023 |
California Eastern District Court |
2:23-cv-01939-WBS-AC |
X Corp. v. Bonta |
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4/12/2023 |
California Northern District Court |
3:23-cv-01758-SK |
Sifuentes v. Twitter Inc. |
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11/29/2022 |
Massachusetts District Court |
1:22-cv-12030-DJC |
Negron v. Mici et al |
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7/19/2022 |
Maryland District Court |
8:22-cv-01768-PJM |
Butler et al v. Prince Georges County, Maryland et al |
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6/22/2022 |
Florida Northern District Court |
4:22-cv-00227-MW-MAF |
Honeyfund.com, Inc. et al v. DESANTIS et al |
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6/13/2022 |
Ohio Southern District Court |
2:22-cv-02471-SDM-CMV |
COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE v. O'Shaughnessy, in her official capacity as Clerk of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas |
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6/6/2022 |
Massachusetts District Court |
1:22-cv-10873-DJC |
D'Amico v. Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC |
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4/1/2022 |
New York Southern District Court |
1:22-cv-02690-PKC-KHP |
John Doe v. City Of New York et al |
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3/31/2022 |
Maryland District Court |
1:22-cv-00781-TDC |
Adeyola v. Sriwastava et al |
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1/31/2022 |
North Carolina Eastern District Court |
5:22-cv-00050-M |
Cawthorn v. CIRCOSTA, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE NC STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS et al |
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1/27/2022 |
Maryland District Court |
1:22-cv-00197-TDC |
King v. Heselbach et al |
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12/16/2021 |
Massachusetts District Court |
1:21-cv-12056-DJC |
Smith v. Daou et al |
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10/4/2021 |
Florida Northern District Court |
4:21-cv-00403-AW-MJF |
ADESHINA v. MUSK et al |
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9/24/2021 |
Louisiana Eastern District Court |
2:21-cv-01766-SM-DPC |
GOSEY v. nelson et al |
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9/15/2021 |
New York Southern District Court |
1:21-cv-07695-AT |
DoorDash, Inc. v. City Of New York |
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9/9/2021 |
New York Southern District Court |
1:21-cv-07564-GHW-GS |
DoorDash, Inc. et al v. City Of New York |
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8/17/2021 |
Wisconsin Eastern District Court |
2:21-cv-00969-WED |
Huber v. Beth et al |
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7/15/2021 |
Virginia Eastern District Court |
3:21-cv-00460-HEH |
Courthouse News Service v. Hade et al |
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6/2/2021 |
Georgia Northern District Court |
1:21-cv-02263-JPB |
Williams v. Musk |
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4/15/2021 |
Maryland District Court |
1:21-cv-00877-SAG |
Brown v. Maryland Transit Authority |
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4/2/2021 |
Virginia Eastern District Court |
2:21-cv-00169-RGD-LRL |
Nazario v. Gutierrez et al |
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3/31/2021 |
California Northern District Court |
3:21-cv-02272-CRB |
COLLINS v. San Francisco Unified School District et al |
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3/23/2021 |
Georgia Northern District Court |
1:21-cv-01169-TCB |
Wood v. Frederick et al |
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12/4/2020 |
Ohio Southern District Court |
2:20-cv-06256-JLG-CMV |
Burk et al v. City of Columbus et al |
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12/1/2020 |
Wisconsin Eastern District Court |
2:20-cv-01771-PP |
Feehan et al v. Wisconsin Elections Commission et al |
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11/16/2020 |
California Northern District Court |
3:20-cv-08055-LB |
Eberwein v. Villarnos et al |
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10/20/2020 |
Massachusetts District Court |
1:20-cv-11889-MLW |
Ayyadurai v. Galvin |
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10/6/2020 |
Delaware District Court |
1:20-cv-01351-RGA |
Farnsworth v. Biden et al |
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9/2/2020 |
Montana District Court |
6:20-cv-00066-DLC |
Donald J. Trump for President et al v. Bullock et al |
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6/29/2020 |
Pennsylvania Western District Court |
2:20-cv-00966-NR |
DONALD J. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT, INC. et al v. BOOCKVAR et al |
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6/11/2020 |
Massachusetts District Court |
1:20-cv-11115-DJC |
Darby et al v. Lelling et al |
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4/21/2020 |
Maryland District Court |
8:20-cv-01028-PX |
Seth et al v. McDonough |
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4/13/2020 |
Colorado District Court |
1:20-cv-01044-WJM-STV |
Goodwin v. National Electrical Annuity Plan |
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4/9/2020 |
California Northern District Court |
3:20-cv-02432-JD |
Doe v. City Of Concord et al |
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3/19/2020 |
California Northern District Court |
3:20-cv-01936-JD |
Guy v. Pizzuti |
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3/18/2020 |
Wisconsin Western District Court |
3:20-cv-00249-wmc |
Democratic National Committee et al v. Bostelmann, Marge et al |
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2/26/2020 |
California Northern District Court |
4:20-cv-01448-YGR |
Chinonye Ugorji v. County of Lake |
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1/22/2020 |
Illinois Northern District Court |
1:20-cv-00512 |
Mutnick v. Clearview AI, Inc. et al |
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12/17/2019 |
Wisconsin Western District Court |
3:19-cv-01029-jdp |
League of Women Voters of Wisconsin et al v. Knudson, Dean et al |
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11/7/2019 |
North Dakota District Court |
1:19-cv-00251-CRH |
Knowles v. Hochhalter et al |
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9/30/2019 |
West Virginia Southern District Court |
3:19-cv-00710 |
R. et al v. Justice et al |
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9/13/2019 |
District Of Columbia District Court |
1:19-cv-02766-UNA |
KENNEDY v. HODGES et al |
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9/3/2019 |
Delaware District Court |
1:19-cv-01641-MN |
Kennedy v. Stark et al |
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7/17/2019 |
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court |
2:19-cv-03110-HB |
REED et al v. BERNARD et al |
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5/24/2019 |
Alabama Middle District Court |
2:19-cv-00365-MHT-SMD |
Robinson et al v. Marshall et al |
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5/17/2019 |
Connecticut District Court |
3:19-cv-00756-MPS |
Gorawara v. Caprio et al |
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2/21/2019 |
Wisconsin Western District Court |
3:19-cv-00142-jdp |
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin et al v. Vos, Robin et al |
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Source
(R.S. §1979; Pub. L. 96–170, §1, Dec. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 1284; Pub. L. 104–317, title III, §309(c), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3853.)
Codification
R.S. §1979 derived from act Apr. 20, 1871, ch. 22, §1, 17 Stat. 13.
Section was formerly classified to section 43 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–317 inserted before period at end of first sentence “, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer's judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailableâ€.
1979—Pub. L. 96–170 inserted “or the District of Columbia†after “Territoryâ€, and provisions relating to Acts of Congress applicable solely to the District of Columbia.
Effective Date of 1979 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–170 applicable with respect to any deprivation of rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws occurring after Dec. 29, 1979, see section 3 of Pub. L. 96–170, set out as a note under section 1343 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
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