Section 1983 Litigation in a Nutshell |
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TABLE OF STATUTES | 17 |
TABLE OF FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE | |
The Constitutional Coverage of 1983 | 1 |
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1983 damages action 1983 litigation 1983 plaintiff absolute immunity abstention act under color alleged allowed applicable arguably attorney's fees behavior Bill of Rights Bivens action brought challenge Chapter City civil rights color of law common law Congress constitutional rights constitutional violations constitutionally context County criminal custom or policy decision declaratory relief defendant deprivation Due Process Clause Eighth Amendment Eleventh Amendment entity example federal court federal law federal statutes fee award Fourteenth Amendment Fourth Amendment governmental habeas corpus harm Heck held illegality individual injunctive relief injury issue judgment judicial jurisdiction jury L.Ed legislative liberty limitations ment Monell Monroe ordinarily Parratt particular party police post-deprivation remedy pre-deprivation preclusion prison procedural proceedings prosecution qualified immunity question reasonable redress requirement rule S.Ct Seminole Tribe sovereign immunity state's statutory suable persons substantive due process sued suit supra tion tional tive tort law trial unconstitutional United Westlaw