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[CITE: 28USC3901]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART VI--PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
 
 CHAPTER 179--JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CERTAIN ACTIONS BY PRESIDENTIAL OFFICES
 
Sec. 3901. Civil actions

    (a) Parties.--In an action under section 1346(g) of this title, the 
defendant shall be the employing office alleged to have committed the 
violation involved.
    (b) Jury Trial.--In an action described in subsection (a), any party 
may demand a jury trial where a jury trial would be available in an 
action against a private defendant under the relevant law made 
applicable by chapter 5 of title 3. In any case in which a violation of 
section 411 of title 3 is alleged, the court shall not inform the jury 
of the maximum amount of compensatory damages available under section 
411(b)(1) or 411(b)(3) of title 3.

(Added Pub. L. 104-331, Sec. 3(c), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4070.)


                             Effective Date

    Chapter effective Oct. 1, 1997, see section 3(d) of Pub. L. 104-331, 
set out as a note under section 1296 of this title.
