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§12601 Cause of Action
Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle I— Comprehensive Acts › Chapter 121— VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › Subchapter VIII— STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT › Part B— Police Pattern or Practice › § 12601
Summary
Government agencies, their agents, or people acting for them must not repeatedly use police or juvenile-justice actions that take away rights protected by the U.S. Constitution or federal law. If the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe this happened, the Attorney General can sue for the United States to get court orders and other relief to stop it.
Full Legal Text
Title 34, §12601
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(a)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)Whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that a violation of paragraph (1) 11 So in original. Probably should be “subsection (a) of this section”. 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.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 14141 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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Citation
34 U.S.C. § 12601
Title 34 — Navy
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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