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Prisoners' 1983

Loaded on Nov. 15, 1990 by JD Enquist published in Prison Legal News November, 1990, page 3
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Complaints. Location: United States of America.
PRISONERS' 1983


BY J.D. Enquist


Ask what the most common lawsuit filed by prisoners is and instinctively the answer will be the "Prisoners' 1983."

The section 1983 is the result of the Civil Rights Act of 1871. The statute was originally enacted by Congress under Section 5 of the Fourteenth ...

 

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