§ 1361. Action to compel an officer of the United States to perform his duty

Statutory text

The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any action in the nature of mandamus to compel an officer or employee of the United States or any agency thereof to perform a duty owed to the plaintiff.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1962
Pub. L. 87–748 § 1(a) · 76 Stat. 744
Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 1361
(Added Pub. L. 87–748, § 1(a), Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 744.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 87–748, § 1(a), Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 744.)

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Credits

(Added Pub. L. 87–748, § 1(a), Oct. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 744.)