---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 36.503"
title: "28"
number: "36.503"
heading: "Suit by the Attorney General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/36.503"
---

# §36.503. Suit by the Attorney General.


Following a compliance review or investigation under [§ 36.502](/cfr/28/36.502.md), or at any other time in his or her discretion, the Attorney General may commence a civil action in any appropriate United States district court if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that—

- (a) Any person or group of persons is engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination in violation of the Act or this part; or
- (b) Any person or group of persons has been discriminated against in violation of the Act or this part and the discrimination raises an issue of general public importance.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 42 U.S.C. 12186(b), 12205a.

### Source

Source: Order No. 1513-91, 56 FR 35592, July 26, 1991, unless otherwise noted.