42 U.S.C. § 1983 · B matrix

B · Element × raw variant-label matrix

Each cell counts only merits instance blocks and distinct cases for that element and variant. 0 is a recorded variant with no counted instance; — means not recorded for this element. Cases may occur in multiple cells. Shading groups counts as 0, 1, 2, or 3+ and carries no quality or confidence meaning. Raw labels are not a curated route taxonomy.

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Elementabsolute-immunity/public-defender-akin-to-private-counselabsolute-immunity/state-executive-employment-decisionaffirmative-duty/government-employer-unsafe-workplaceborrowed-state-personal-injury-period/filed-within-two-yearsbrady-suppression-by-police/suggestive-photo-array-procedures-withheld-from-prosecutorclearly-established/adverse-employment-action-without-cause-contrary-to-state-statuteclearly-established/fabrication-of-evidence-by-coercing-witnessclearly-established/general-rule-applied-to-novel-suggestive-lineupclearly-established/police-withholding-exculpatory-evidence-from-prosecutorclearly-established/strip-search-of-child-during-unlawful-home-entryclearly-established/warrantless-home-entry-child-welfare-check-no-exigencycompensatory/small-award-for-minor-physical-injuryderivative-of-deprivation/derivative-claim-falls-with-officer-claimexcessive-force/beating-of-restrained-prisoner-minor-injuryexcessive-force/no-seizure-driver-drove-away-from-stopexcessive-force/reasonable-force-on-fleeing-erratic-resisting-arresteefabricated-evidence/coerced-false-witness-statement-forwarded-to-prosecutorfailure-to-protect/inmate-left-unsecured-with-unrestrained-inmate-in-understaffed-unitfailure-to-train/deliberate-indifference-to-employee-safetyfailure-to-train/no-showing-need-for-training-was-obviousfinal-policymaker/police-chief-decision-ratified-by-city-managergood-faith-immunity/public-defender-professional-judgmentindividual/state-official-sued-in-personal-capacity-for-official-actsissue-preclusion/no-contest-plea-does-not-bar-excessive-force-claimjohn-doe-defendants/no-relation-back-for-unnamed-officersmunicipality/cityno-federal-instrumentality/federal-funding-and-regulation-onlyno-nexus/personnel-decision-not-governed-by-state-ruleno-state-action/private-insurer-using-state-authorized-withholding-procedurenot-clearly-established/no-authority-for-specific-conductnot-clearly-established/officer-left-post-without-subjective-knowledge-of-riskobjectively-reasonable-conduct/termination-after-third-party-ended-core-job-functionofficial-capacity/state-official-sued-for-prospective-reliefpersonal-involvement/no-liability-for-events-defendant-took-no-part-inpersonal-involvement/requests-handled-by-subordinates-not-defendantpolicy-or-custom/entity-named-only-as-source-of-authorityprivate-party/private-insurer-using-state-authorized-withholding-procedureproperty-interest-public-employment/constructive-demotion-to-insubstantial-dutiesproperty-interest-public-employment/constructive-discharge-without-resignationproperty-interest-public-employment/denial-of-discretionary-promotionproperty-interest/benefit-entitlement-not-yet-establishedpublic-official/administering-statutory-schemepublic-official/county-employed-public-defender-representing-indigentpublic-official/county-governing-board-memberspublic-official/exercise-of-official-authorityqualified-immunity-appeal/challenge-to-evidence-sufficiencyqualified-immunity-appeal/district-court-facts-blatantly-contradicted-by-recordreasonable-mistake/force-on-erratic-arrestee-perceived-as-dangerrejected-extra-element/abuse-of-power-separate-from-constitutional-violationrelief-in-nature-of-habeas/state-remedies-unexhaustedsex-discrimination-public-employment/no-disparate-treatment-of-comparatorssovereign-immunity/personal-capacity-damages-not-against-treasurystate-actor/publicly-designated-nonprofit-with-mandated-public-officials-on-boardstate-official/personal-capacity-for-official-actsstigma-plus/defamation-with-demotion-not-dischargestrip-search/child-examined-for-bruises-without-reasonable-suspicionsuggestive-identification/lineup-disguising-mismatch-with-witness-descriptionsupervisory/established-rules-and-procedures-subordinate-followedsupervisory/on-scene-supervisor-condoned-subordinates-forcewarrantless-home-entry/child-abuse-investigation-on-weak-anonymous-tipUnspecified variant
Personal involvement / causal connection ("subjects, or causes to be subjected")
AND
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1
1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
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1 cases
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0 merits blocks
0 cases
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— Not declared0 merits blocks
0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 8
Action taken "under color of" state, territorial, or D.C. law
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0 cases
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1 cases
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— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared1 merits blocks
1 cases
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1 merits blocks
1 cases
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1 merits blocks
1 cases
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1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 8
Lugar prong 2: party charged with the deprivation may fairly be said to be a state actor
AND
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1 cases
Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
Lugar prong 1: deprivation caused by exercise of a right, privilege, or rule of conduct created by the State
AND
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1 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
Damages remedy (legacy CASE id; not a prerequisite for prospective relief)
AND
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 11
District of Columbia exclusive Act of Congress inclusion clause (1979 amendment)
AND
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
Deprivation of a right, privilege, or immunity secured by the Constitution and laws
AND
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 2
Fourteenth Amendment Due Process right to a fair trial (Brady / fabricated evidence / unduly suggestive identification)
OR
— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
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1 cases
Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
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1 cases
Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared0 merits blocks
0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
Protected liberty interest under the Due Process Clause (including stigma-plus under Paul v. Davis)
OR
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1 cases
Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
Protected property interest under the Due Process Clause (Board of Regents v. Roth)
OR
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1 cases
Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared0 merits blocks
0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
Deprivation of Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishments
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1 cases
Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared0 merits blocks
0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1
— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared0 merits blocks
0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1
Deprivation of Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection rights
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1 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1
Deprivation of First Amendment rights (free speech, retaliation, free exercise, petition)
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 2
Deprivation of Fourth Amendment rights (unreasonable search, warrantless entry, false arrest, excessive force)
OR
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1 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
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1 cases
Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
0 merits blocks
0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
Deprivation of Fourteenth Amendment Procedural Due Process (protected liberty/property interest + inadequate process)
OR
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1 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1
Deprivation of Fourteenth Amendment Substantive Due Process
OR
— Not declared— Not declared1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
Statutory bar on injunctive relief against a judicial officer acting in a judicial capacity (1996 amendment)
EXCEPTION
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
Suable "person" (natural person in individual capacity, official in official capacity for prospective relief, or municipality; excludes States)
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1 cases
Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
— Not declared— Not declared1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared0 merits blocks
0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared0 merits blocks
0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 10
Municipal policy or custom as moving force (Monell v. Department of Social Services)
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1 cases
Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
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1 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 8
Municipal failure to train or supervise amounting to deliberate indifference (City of Canton v. Harris)
OR
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1 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
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1 cases
Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
0 merits blocks
0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
Qualified immunity for government officials sued in individual capacity (Harlow v. Fitzgerald; Pearson v. Callahan)
DEFENSE
— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1
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1 cases
Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 1; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 2
Judicial standing prerequisite, separate from damages remedy
AND
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
Borrowed state personal-injury statute of limitations (42 U.S.C. § 1988; Wilson v. Garcia; Owens v. Okure)
DEFENSE
— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
Common-law absolute immunity (judicial, prosecutorial, legislative, witness functions)
DEFENSE
1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
1 merits blocks
1 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared— Not declared0 merits blocks
0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
Rejected extra element: separate proof of "abuse of governmental power" (Collins v. City of Harker Heights)
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 0
Issue preclusion / collateral estoppel from prior state criminal or civil judgment (Allen v. McCurry)
DEFENSE
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0 cases
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 0; excluded context 1
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0 cases
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Eleventh Amendment state sovereign immunity bar (official-capacity damages / retrospective relief)
DEFENSE
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1 cases
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Federal action / Fifth Amendment claim (outside § 1983 state-law scope)
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0 cases
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0 cases
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Preiser / Heck v. Humphrey favorable-termination and habeas-exclusivity bar
DEFENSE
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1 cases
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0 cases
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Collateral-order appellate jurisdiction over interlocutory qualified-immunity denials (Mitchell v. Forsyth; Johnson v. Jones)
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0 merits blocks
0 cases
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Appellate preservation / forfeiture of issue not raised in district court
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0 cases
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Section 1983 malicious prosecution claim (Fourth Amendment / procedural due process)
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