Authorities Cited: United States Code 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Supreme Court 457 U.S. 800, 818 475 U.S. 312, 320-321 503 U.S. 1, 112 507 U.S. 163 509 U.S. 25, 35 523 U.S. 574 533 U.S. 194, 201 534 U.S. 506 534 U.S. 801 536 U.S. 730, 122-739 Circuit Courts 769 F.2d 700, 704 777 F.2d 1436, 1443 786 F.2d 1093 836 F.2d 1318, 1319-1320 891 F.2d 829, 839 898 F.2d 1530, 1533 906 F.2d 667, 671 936 F.2d 1208, 1212 940 F.2d 1491, 1495 30 F.3d 1390, 1396 40 F.3d 1176, 1187 61 F.3d 1537 77 F.3d 756, 762-765 97 F.3d 499, 505 125 F.3d 1418, 1428 137 F.3d 836, 838 182 F.3d 1248, 1256-1257 207 F.3d 491, 495-496 219 F.3d 132, 137 236 F.3d 1292, 1302 240 F.3d 975, 978 240 F.3d 1185, 1199 280 F.3d 1295, 1300-1303 280 F.3d 1308, 1321 298 F.3d 898, 904 310 F.3d 937, 945 311 F.3d 1340, 1348 325 F.3d 1228, 1234-1235 326 F.3d 1352, 1360-1362 334 F.3d 991, 996 400 F.3d 1282, 1284 422 F.3d 1265, 1271-1273 480 F.3d 1090, 1092 495 F.3d 1289, 1295 510 F.3d 1307, 1311 510 F.3d 1312, 1326-1330 516 F.3d 1282, 1284