2020 US Code
Title 34 - Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Subtitle I - Comprehensive Acts
Chapter 121 - Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Subchapter VIII - State and Local Law Enforcement
Part B - Police Pattern or Practice
Sec. 12601 - Cause of action

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Citation 34 U.S.C. § 12601 (2020)
Section Name §12601. Cause of action
Section Text (a) Unlawful conduct

It shall be unlawful for any governmental authority, or any agent thereof, or any person acting on behalf of a governmental authority, to engage in a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers or by officials or employees of any governmental agency with responsibility for the administration of juvenile justice or the incarceration of juveniles that deprives persons of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.

(b) Civil action by Attorney General

Whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that a violation of paragraph (1) 1 has occurred, the Attorney General, for or in the name of the United States, may in a civil action obtain appropriate equitable and declaratory relief to eliminate the pattern or practice.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 103–322, title XXI, §210401, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2071.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified to section 14141 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Footnotes

1 So in original. Probably should be "subsection (a) of this section".

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Subtitle I - Comprehensive Acts
CHAPTER 121 - VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
SUBCHAPTER VIII - STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
Part B - Police Pattern or Practice
Sec. 12601 - Cause of action
Contains section 12601
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 108 Stat. 2071
Public Law References Public Law 103-322
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