# 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 *Federal statute; in the Minnesota record, the subject of a quoted Eighth Circuit holding that state-law violations alone are not actionable under it.* 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983, also cited as Sec. 1983, enters the Minnesota record through one at-issue entry, AI-Scott-060 (Matrix 1.18, package "Scott"). The entry quotes an Eighth Circuit ruling: "Violations of state law, in and of themselves, are not actionable under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983."[^1] The record carries no enactment or amendment history for the statute, no case list and no statutory text. It does not name the county, give the ruling's caption or date, or describe the investigation beyond the entry's own text.[^1] ## What According to the entry, the Eighth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for a county, the county's human services department and its social workers. The court ruled for them despite acknowledged procedural deviations in the investigation.[^1] The entry places the quoted holding beside that outcome. The record does not show the procedural deviations giving rise to a federal claim. It also does not establish who acknowledged the deviations or what they were.[^1] ## In the at-issue record The entry is anchored to a White House fact sheet, *Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes New Department of Justice Division for National Fraud Enforcement*, published in January 2026.[^2] The record does not carry the fact sheet's text. It does not establish what the fact sheet says, if anything, about Sec. 1983 or the ruling.[^2] ## Notes [^1]: Minnesota wiki at-issue entry AI-Scott-060 (Matrix 1.18, package "Scott"), quoting an Eighth Circuit ruling — the quoted holding that state-law violations are not, in and of themselves, actionable under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983, and the affirmance of summary judgment for the county, its human services department and its social workers despite acknowledged procedural deviations. The entry's underlying court source is not among the record's citable URLs; the URL given is the entry's recorded anchor. https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-establishes-new-department-of-justice-division-for-national-fraud-enforcement/ [^2]: The White House, *Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes New Department of Justice Division for National Fraud Enforcement* (January 2026) — the anchor document recorded for at-issue entry AI-Scott-060. https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-establishes-new-department-of-justice-division-for-national-fraud-enforcement/