42 U. S. C. SECTION 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, priveleges,
              
              or  immunities  secured  by the Constitution and laws,
              
              shall  be  liable  to  the  party injured in an action
              
              at  law,  suit  in  equity, or other proper proceeding
              
              for  redress.   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.