Authorities Cited: United States Code 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Supreme Court 133 U.S. 529, 530 134 U.S. 1 262 U.S. 182, 187 429 U.S. 274, 280 436 U.S. 658 444 U.S. 277, 284 465 U.S. 89, 100 475 U.S. 469, 473-474 485 U.S. 112, 125 489 U.S. 378, 388 491 U.S. 58, 71 496 U.S. 356, 376-377 502 U.S. 21, 30-31 506 U.S. 139, 147 513 U.S. 30 514 U.S. 35, 42-43 519 U.S. 425 519 U.S. 452 520 U.S. 781, 785-794 529 U.S. 765, 779 Circuit Courts 734 F.2d 730, 732-734 763 F.2d 1381, 1387-1388 771 F.2d 556, 571 779 F.2d 1509, 1512-1513 877 F.2d 947, 951-952 912 F.2d 1338, 1341 915 F.2d 1530, 1532-1533 916 F.2d 1521, 1524 937 F.2d 920, 934 999 F.2d 1526, 1528 54 F.3d 1140, 1145 100 F.3d 744, 749 101 F.3d 334, 338-339 116 F.3d 1419, 1428 123 F.3d 1429, 1434 137 F.3d 1285, 1288-1292 150 F.3d 682 150 F.3d 920, 923-924 157 F.3d 1271 197 F.3d 1098, 1105 207 F.3d 1303, 1322 208 F.3d 1308 209 F.3d 973, 977 226 F.3d 1226, 1231-1234 236 F.3d 552, 564-567 261 F.3d 1252, 1256 268 F.3d 1014, 1023-1028 294 F.3d 684, 689