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The Eleventh Amendment prohibits Section 1983 claims against states and therefore state officials.
The Eleventh Amendment prohibits Section 1983 claims against states and therefore state officials.
== Statutory Language ==
42 U.S.C. §1983 authorizes lawsuits against state officials, local officials, and sometimes local governments for violating federal constitutional and statutory rights. The text of the statute is as follows:
: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 ....
== Elements ==
A cause of action under Section 1983 requires four elements:
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1. conduct by a "person"
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2. who acted under "color of law"
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3. and proximately caused
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4. a deprivation of federally protected rights.
[[Category:United States law]]
[[Category:United States law]]
[[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]
[[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]