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[CITE: 42USC14141]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 136--VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
 
             SUBCHAPTER IX--STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
 
                   Part B--Police Pattern or Practice
 
Sec. 14141. 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 the 
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) \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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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``subsection (a) of this 
section''.
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(Pub. L. 103-322, title XXI, Sec. 210401, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 
2071.)
