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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

§ 2

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§ 2
Parent Document
Eunice Samuels, Lorraine Warren v. District of Columbia, 770 F.2d 184 (1985)
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1985-08-06

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42 U.S.C. § 1983. By its terms, of course, the statute does not create substantive rights; instead it provides an express federal remedy against state officials for deprivations of rights established elsewhere in federal law. See, e.g., Oklahoma City v. Tuttle, — U.S.-,-, 105 S.Ct. 2427, 2432, 85 L.Ed.2d 791 (1985). 6 In Maine v. Thiboutot,