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{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation|Introduction to § 1983 Litigation]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation|Introduction to § 1983 Litigation]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation#The Statute|The Statute]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation#Historical Background|Historical Background]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation#Nature of § 1983 Litigation|Nature of § 1983 Litigation]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation#Discovery|Discovery]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation#Right to Trial by Jury|Right to Trial by Jury]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation#Jury Instructions|Jury Instructions]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Constitutional Claims Against Federal Officials: The Bivens Doctrine|Constitutional Claims Against Federal Officials: The ''Bivens'' Doctrine]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Constitutional Claims Against Federal Officials: The Bivens Doctrine|Constitutional Claims Against Federal Officials: The ''Bivens'' Doctrine]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Constitutional Claims Against Federal Officials: The Bivens Doctrine#Section 1983 Does Not Encompass Claims Against Federal Officials|Section 1983 Does Not Encompass Claims Against Federal Officials]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Constitutional Claims Against Federal Officials: The Bivens Doctrine#The Bivens Claim for Relief|The ''Bivens'' Claim for Relief]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Constitutional Claims Against Federal Officials: The Bivens Doctrine#Law Governing Bivens Claims|Law Governing ''Bivens'' Claims]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Elements of Claim, Functional Role, Pleading, and Jurisdiction|Elements of Claim, Functional Role, Pleading, and Jurisdiction]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Elements of Claim, Functional Role, Pleading, and Jurisdiction|Elements of Claim, Functional Role, Pleading, and Jurisdiction]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Elements of Claim, Functional Role, Pleading, and Jurisdiction#Elements of the § 1983 Claim|Elements of the § 1983 Claim]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Elements of Claim, Functional Role, Pleading, and Jurisdiction#Functional Role of § 1983|Functional Role of § 1983]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Elements of Claim, Functional Role, Pleading, and Jurisdiction#Pleading § 1983 Claims|Pleading § 1983 Claims]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Elements of Claim, Functional Role, Pleading, and Jurisdiction#Federal Court Jurisdiction|Federal Court Jurisdiction]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Elements of Claim, Functional Role, Pleading, and Jurisdiction#State Court Jurisdiction|State Court Jurisdiction]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Section 1983 Plaintiffs|Section 1983 Plaintiffs]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Section 1983 Plaintiffs|Section 1983 Plaintiffs]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Section 1983 Plaintiffs#Persons Entitled to Bring Suit Under § 1983|Persons Entitled to Bring Suit Under § 1983]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Section 1983 Plaintiffs#Standing|Standing]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under § 1983|Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under § 1983]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under § 1983|Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under § 1983]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under § 1983#Generally|Generally]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under § 1983#Due Process Rights: In General|Due Process Rights: In General]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under § 1983#Procedural Due Process|Procedural Due Process]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under § 1983#Substantive Due Process Claims|Substantive Due Process Claims]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under § 1983#Use of Force by Government Officials: Sources of Constitutional Protection|Use of Force by Government Officials: Sources of Constitutional Protection]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under § 1983#Arrests and Searches|Arrests and Searches]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under § 1983#Malicious Prosecution Claims Under Fourth Amendment|Malicious Prosecution Claims Under Fourth Amendment]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under § 1983#Conditions-of-Confinement Claims Under Eighth Amendment|Conditions-of-Confinement Claims Under Eighth Amendment]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under § 1983#First Amendment Claims|First Amendment Claims]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under § 1983#Equal Protection “Class-of-One” Claims|Equal Protection “Class-of-One” Claims]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Enforcement of Federal Statutes Under § 1983|Enforcement of Federal Statutes Under § 1983]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Enforcement of Federal Statutes Under § 1983|Enforcement of Federal Statutes Under § 1983]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Enforcement of Federal Statutes Under § 1983#Enforcement of Federal “Rights”|Enforcement of Federal “Rights”]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Enforcement of Federal Statutes Under § 1983#Specific Comprehensive Scheme Demonstrating Congressional Intent to Foreclose § 1983 Remedy|Specific Comprehensive Scheme Demonstrating Congressional Intent to Foreclose § 1983 Remedy]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Enforcement of Federal Statutes Under § 1983#Current Supreme Court Approach|Current Supreme Court Approach]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Enforcement of Federal Statutes Under § 1983#Enforcement of Federal Regulations Under § 1983|Enforcement of Federal Regulations Under § 1983]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Color of State Law and State Action|Color of State Law and State Action]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Color of State Law and State Action|Color of State Law and State Action]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Color of State Law and State Action#State and Local Officials|State and Local Officials]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Color of State Law and State Action#State Action Tests|State Action Tests]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Section 1983 Defendants|Section 1983 Defendants]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Section 1983 Defendants|Section 1983 Defendants]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Section 1983 Defendants#State Defendants|State Defendants]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Section 1983 Defendants#Interplay of “Person” and Eleventh Amendment Issues|Interplay of “Person” and Eleventh Amendment Issues]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Section 1983 Defendants#Municipal Defendants|Municipal Defendants]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Section 1983 Defendants#State Versus Municipal Policy Maker|State Versus Municipal Policy Maker]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Section 1983 Defendants#Departments, Offices, and Commissions|Departments, Offices, and Commissions]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Causation|Causation]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Causation|Causation]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Capacity of Claim: Individual Versus Official Capacity|Capacity of Claim: Individual Versus Official Capacity]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Capacity of Claim: Individual Versus Official Capacity|Capacity of Claim: Individual Versus Official Capacity]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Municipal Liability|Municipal Liability]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Municipal Liability|Municipal Liability]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Municipal Liability#Fundamental Principles of § 1983 Municipal Liability|Fundamental Principles of § 1983 Municipal Liability]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Municipal Liability#Officially Promulgated Policy|Officially Promulgated Policy]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Municipal Liability#Municipal Policy Makers|Municipal Policy Makers]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Municipal Liability#Custom or Practice|Custom or Practice]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Municipal Liability#Inadequate Training|Inadequate Training]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Municipal Liability#Inadequate Hiring|Inadequate Hiring]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Municipal Liability#Pleading Municipal Liability Claims|Pleading Municipal Liability Claims]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Liability of Supervisors|Liability of Supervisors]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Liability of Supervisors|Liability of Supervisors]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Relationship Between Individual and Municipal Liability|Relationship Between Individual and Municipal Liability]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Relationship Between Individual and Municipal Liability|Relationship Between Individual and Municipal Liability]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Relationship Between Individual and Municipal Liability#Bifurcation|Bifurcation]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Relationship Between Individual and Municipal Liability#Los Angeles v. Heller|''Los Angeles v. Heller'']]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Relationship Between Individual and Municipal Liability#If Plaintiff Prevails on Personal-Capacity Claim|If Plaintiff Prevails on Personal-Capacity Claim]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Relationship Between Individual and Municipal Liability#“Cost Allocation Scheme”|“Cost Allocation Scheme”]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/State Liability: The Eleventh Amendment|State Liability: The Eleventh Amendment]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/State Liability: The Eleventh Amendment|State Liability: The Eleventh Amendment]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/State Liability: The Eleventh Amendment#Relationship Between Suable § 1983 “Person” and Eleventh Amendment Immunity|Relationship Between Suable § 1983 “Person” and Eleventh Amendment Immunity]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/State Liability: The Eleventh Amendment#Eleventh Amendment Protects State Even When Sued by Citizen of Defendant State|Eleventh Amendment Protects State Even When Sued by Citizen of Defendant State]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/State Liability: The Eleventh Amendment#State Liability in § 1983 Actions|State Liability in § 1983 Actions]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/State Liability: The Eleventh Amendment#Personal-Capacity Claims|Personal-Capacity Claims]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/State Liability: The Eleventh Amendment#Municipal Liability; the Hybrid Entity Problem|Municipal Liability; the Hybrid Entity Problem]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/State Liability: The Eleventh Amendment#Eleventh Amendment Waivers|Eleventh Amendment Waivers]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/State Liability: The Eleventh Amendment#Eleventh Amendment Appeals|Eleventh Amendment Appeals]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Personal-Capacity Claims: Absolute Immunities|Personal-Capacity Claims: Absolute Immunities]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Personal-Capacity Claims: Absolute Immunities|Personal-Capacity Claims: Absolute Immunities]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Personal-Capacity Claims: Absolute Immunities#Absolute Versus Qualified Immunity: The Functional Approach|Absolute Versus Qualified Immunity: The Functional Approach]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Personal-Capacity Claims: Absolute Immunities#Judicial Immunity|Judicial Immunity]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Personal-Capacity Claims: Absolute Immunities#Prosecutorial Immunity|Prosecutorial Immunity]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Personal-Capacity Claims: Absolute Immunities#Witness Immunity|Witness Immunity]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Personal-Capacity Claims: Absolute Immunities#Legislative Immunity|Legislative Immunity]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Personal Liability: Qualified Immunity|Personal Liability: Qualified Immunity]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Personal Liability: Qualified Immunity|Personal Liability: Qualified Immunity]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Personal Liability: Qualified Immunity#Generally|Generally]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Personal Liability: Qualified Immunity#Who May Assert Qualified Immunity? Private Party State Actors|Who May Assert Qualified Immunity? Private Party State Actors]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Personal Liability: Qualified Immunity#Clearly Established Federal Law|Clearly Established Federal Law]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Personal Liability: Qualified Immunity#Procedural Aspects of Qualified Immunity|Procedural Aspects of Qualified Immunity]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Personal Liability: Qualified Immunity#Appeals|Appeals]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Exhaustion of State Remedies: Preiser-Heck Doctrine, Notice of Claim, and Ripeness|Exhaustion of State Remedies]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Exhaustion of State Remedies: Preiser-Heck Doctrine, Notice of Claim, and Ripeness|Exhaustion of State Remedies]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Exhaustion of State Remedies: Preiser-Heck Doctrine, Notice of Claim, and Ripeness#State Judicial Remedies: Parratt-Hudson Doctrine|State Judicial Remedies: ''Parratt-Hudson'' Doctrine]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Exhaustion of State Remedies: Preiser-Heck Doctrine, Notice of Claim, and Ripeness#Preiser, Heck, and Beyond|''Preiser'', ''Heck'', and Beyond]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Exhaustion of State Remedies: Preiser-Heck Doctrine, Notice of Claim, and Ripeness#State Administrative Remedies; PLRA|State Administrative Remedies; PLRA]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Exhaustion of State Remedies: Preiser-Heck Doctrine, Notice of Claim, and Ripeness#Notice of Claim|Notice of Claim]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Exhaustion of State Remedies: Preiser-Heck Doctrine, Notice of Claim, and Ripeness#Ripeness|Ripeness]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Preclusion Defenses|Preclusion Defenses]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Preclusion Defenses|Preclusion Defenses]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Preclusion Defenses#State Court Judgments|State Court Judgments]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Preclusion Defenses#Administrative Res Judicata|Administrative Res Judicata]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Preclusion Defenses#Arbitration Decisions|Arbitration Decisions]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Statute of Limitations|Statute of Limitations]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Statute of Limitations|Statute of Limitations]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Statute of Limitations#Limitations Period|Limitations Period]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Statute of Limitations#Relation Back|Relation Back]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Statute of Limitations#Accrual|Accrual]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Statute of Limitations#Tolling|Tolling]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Survivorship and Wrongful Death|Survivorship and Wrongful Death]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Survivorship and Wrongful Death|Survivorship and Wrongful Death]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Survivorship and Wrongful Death#Survivorship|Survivorship]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Survivorship and Wrongful Death#Wrongful Death|Wrongful Death]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Abstention Doctrines|Abstention Doctrines]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Abstention Doctrines|Abstention Doctrines]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Abstention Doctrines#Pullman Abstention; State Certification Procedure|''Pullman'' Abstention; State Certification Procedure]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Abstention Doctrines#Younger Abstention|''Younger'' Abstention]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Abstention Doctrines#Colorado River Abstention|''Colorado River'' Abstention]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Abstention Doctrines#Burford Abstention|''Burford'' Abstention]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Abstention Doctrines#Domestic Relations Doctrine|Domestic Relations Doctrine]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Abstention Doctrines#Tax Injunction Act|Tax Injunction Act]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Monetary Relief|Monetary Relief]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Monetary Relief|Monetary Relief]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Monetary Relief#Nominal and Compensatory Damages|Nominal and Compensatory Damages]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Monetary Relief#Punitive Damages|Punitive Damages]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Monetary Relief#Release-Dismissal Agreements|Release-Dismissal Agreements]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Monetary Relief#Indemnification|Indemnification]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Monetary Relief#Prison Litigation Reform Act|Prison Litigation Reform Act]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Attorneys’ Fees|Attorneys’ Fees]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/heading|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Attorneys’ Fees|Attorneys’ Fees]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Attorneys’ Fees#Section 1988 Fee Litigation|Section 1988 Fee Litigation]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Attorneys’ Fees#Prevailing Parties|Prevailing Parties]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Attorneys’ Fees#Computation of Fee Award: Lodestar Adjustment Method|Computation of Fee Award: Lodestar Adjustment Method]]}}
{{Treatise TOC/row|[[Section 1983 Litigation/Attorneys’ Fees#Other Fee Issues|Other Fee Issues]]}}
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Revision as of 02:24, June 28, 2020


Section 1983 Litigation
Table of Contents
Introduction to § 1983 Litigation
The Statute
Historical Background
Nature of § 1983 Litigation
Discovery
Right to Trial by Jury
Jury Instructions
Constitutional Claims Against Federal Officials: The Bivens Doctrine
Section 1983 Does Not Encompass Claims Against Federal Officials
The Bivens Claim for Relief
Law Governing Bivens Claims
Elements of Claim, Functional Role, Pleading, and Jurisdiction
Elements of the § 1983 Claim
Functional Role of § 1983
Pleading § 1983 Claims
Federal Court Jurisdiction
State Court Jurisdiction
Section 1983 Plaintiffs
Persons Entitled to Bring Suit Under § 1983
Standing
Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under § 1983
Generally
Due Process Rights: In General
Procedural Due Process
Substantive Due Process Claims
Use of Force by Government Officials: Sources of Constitutional Protection
Arrests and Searches
Malicious Prosecution Claims Under Fourth Amendment
Conditions-of-Confinement Claims Under Eighth Amendment
First Amendment Claims
Equal Protection “Class-of-One” Claims
Enforcement of Federal Statutes Under § 1983
Enforcement of Federal “Rights”
Specific Comprehensive Scheme Demonstrating Congressional Intent to Foreclose § 1983 Remedy
Current Supreme Court Approach
Enforcement of Federal Regulations Under § 1983
Color of State Law and State Action
State and Local Officials
State Action Tests
Section 1983 Defendants
State Defendants
Interplay of “Person” and Eleventh Amendment Issues
Municipal Defendants
State Versus Municipal Policy Maker
Departments, Offices, and Commissions
Causation
Capacity of Claim: Individual Versus Official Capacity
Municipal Liability
Fundamental Principles of § 1983 Municipal Liability
Officially Promulgated Policy
Municipal Policy Makers
Custom or Practice
Inadequate Training
Inadequate Hiring
Pleading Municipal Liability Claims
Liability of Supervisors
Relationship Between Individual and Municipal Liability
Bifurcation
Los Angeles v. Heller
If Plaintiff Prevails on Personal-Capacity Claim
“Cost Allocation Scheme”
State Liability: The Eleventh Amendment
Relationship Between Suable § 1983 “Person” and Eleventh Amendment Immunity
Eleventh Amendment Protects State Even When Sued by Citizen of Defendant State
State Liability in § 1983 Actions
Personal-Capacity Claims
Municipal Liability; the Hybrid Entity Problem
Eleventh Amendment Waivers
Eleventh Amendment Appeals
Personal-Capacity Claims: Absolute Immunities
Absolute Versus Qualified Immunity: The Functional Approach
Judicial Immunity
Prosecutorial Immunity
Witness Immunity
Legislative Immunity
Personal Liability: Qualified Immunity
Generally
Who May Assert Qualified Immunity? Private Party State Actors
Clearly Established Federal Law
Procedural Aspects of Qualified Immunity
Appeals
Exhaustion of State Remedies
State Judicial Remedies: Parratt-Hudson Doctrine
Preiser, Heck, and Beyond
State Administrative Remedies; PLRA
Notice of Claim
Ripeness
Preclusion Defenses
State Court Judgments
Administrative Res Judicata
Arbitration Decisions
Statute of Limitations
Limitations Period
Relation Back
Accrual
Tolling
Survivorship and Wrongful Death
Survivorship
Wrongful Death
Abstention Doctrines
Pullman Abstention; State Certification Procedure
Younger Abstention
Colorado River Abstention
Burford Abstention
Domestic Relations Doctrine
Tax Injunction Act
Monetary Relief
Nominal and Compensatory Damages
Punitive Damages
Release-Dismissal Agreements
Indemnification
Prison Litigation Reform Act
Attorneys’ Fees
Section 1988 Fee Litigation
Prevailing Parties
Computation of Fee Award: Lodestar Adjustment Method
Other Fee Issues