Authorities Cited: United States Code 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Supreme Court 302 U.S. 319, 325 392 U.S. 1, 22-27 408 U.S. 564, 577 457 U.S. 800, 818 472 U.S. 511 475 U.S. 312, 320-321 477 U.S. 317, 322-323 483 U.S. 635, 638-641 490 U.S. 13 511 U.S. 825 520 U.S. 259 520 U.S. 270 523 U.S. 574, 585 526 U.S. 603, 615 533 U.S. 194, 201-209 Circuit Courts 501 F.2d 1291 507 F.2d 625 547 F.2d 1206 661 F.2d 1206 786 F.2d 1533, 1536 813 F.2d 318 7 F.3d 1552, 1556-1559 14 F.3d 583 20 F.3d 1550, 1556-1557 28 F.3d 1146, 1150 31 F.3d 375, 386 41 F.3d 619, 623 50 F.3d 1579 54 F.3d 465, 471 70 F.3d 1209, 1213-1214 118 F.3d 1099, 1104-1105 121 F.3d 1442, 1444 121 F.3d 1456, 1458-1460 127 F.3d 1416, 1419-1420 174 F.3d 1271 192 F.3d 1342, 201-1348 193 F.3d 1274, 1282 204 F.3d 947, 961 205 F.3d 1264 207 F.3d 1253, 1255-1258 208 F.3d 919, 926-927 215 F.3d 1225, 1233 227 F.3d 316, 324 250 F.3d 843, 852-853 268 F.3d 646, 652-653 268 F.3d 1014, 1031-1034 276 F.3d 1125, 1129-1130 283 F.3d 1275 284 F.3d 1188, 1190-1988 59 F. Supp. 2d 1259, 1287-1288 207 F. Supp. 2d 1371, 1380 398 F. Supp. 263 932 F. Supp. 1359, 1369