533 F.Supp. at 117. Although there is no case law available specifically holding that § 1983 retaliation claims survive the death of the person liable, there is no case law to the contrary. Furthermore, other types of § 1983 claims have survived the death of the defendant. For instance, in Swiggett v. Coombe, 2003 WL 174311, at * 1-3 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 27, 2003), the court impliedly held that a state prison inmate could have substituted parties where the defendant prison officials had passed away prior to the conclusion of a § 1983 due process claim had the plaintiff timely filed the motion to substitute and named the proper parties for substitution. Courts have also held that other § 1983 claims survive the death of the plaintiff. See Javits v. Stevens, 382 F.Supp. 131 (S.D.N.Y.1974) (<HOLDING>). Because no court has held that § 1983
holding that a prisoners transfer mooted claims for declaratory and injunctive relief holding that the declaratory judgment act is remedial only and the party seeking declaratory relief must have an underlying cause of action holding that a civil rights action survived the plaintiff attorneys death where he was seeking injunctive and declaratory relief vacating an order which suspended the attorney from practicing law for three years holding that the statute of limitations for an attorneys fees action under  1415e4b is three years holding that there is an exception to eleventh amendment immunity for actions seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against state officials for alleged violations of federal law