"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 . . . ."
This is the essence of what U.S. statute?

a. United States Code Title 42 § 1983
b. United States Code Title 5 § 1965
c. United States Code Title 24 § 1965
d. United States Code Title 5 § 2009


A

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