Labels:book | reckoner | sky OCR: 1993 This Court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. 1254(1). STATUTORY PROVISION INVOLVED 42 U.S.C. 1983 provides: Every person who. under color of any statute, ordinance. regulation custom. usage of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia subjects, OT to be subjected, any citi izen of the United Statos or other person within the jurisdiction thereof the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable the party injured in an action at law suit 1t1 equity, other proper proceeding for STATEMENT OF THE CASE This is a civil rights action alleging that the arrest of petitioner Charles Elder at his home without warrant violated the Fourth Amendment The distr rict court ruled that plaintiff's claims against the arresting officers ...