§ 12601. Cause of action

Footnotes

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

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.

1. 1994

   Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–322 title XXI § 210401 · 108 Stat. 1796

   Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 12601

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

   Source evidence

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

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 210401. CAUSE OF ACTION. (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 tne 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) 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.

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