42 U.S code 1983 civil action for deprivation of Rights 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 suit inequity or other proper proceeding for redress except that in any action brought against a Judicial officer for an act or Omission taken in such officers judicial capacity injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or DEC regulatory relief was unavailable for the purposes of this section any act of Congress applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia shall be considered to be a statute of the District of Columbia