Recognize U.S. Code citations which use sec. or section instead of §
Recognize U.S. Code citations which use sec. or section instead of §

Some courts and statutes use the word "section" or the abbreviation "sec." (and the upper-case Section and Sec.) when citing to the U.S. Code. I updated the regex for the U.S. Code to recognize these alternate forms and also added an example to the list.

See e.g. Whistleblower 21276-13W v. Commissioner, 147 T.C. 121, 147 T.C. No. 4 (2016) ("The targeted taxpayer pleaded guilty to a violation of 18 U.S.C. sec. 371."); McCorkle v. Commissioner, 124 T.C. 56, 57 (2005) ("The order specified that the $2 million was subject to criminal forfeiture pursuant to 18 U.S.C. sec. 982 (2000)."); Kentucky Revised Statutes 403.720 ("'Foreign protective order' means any judgment, decree, or order of protection which is entitled to full faith and credit pursuant to 18 U.S.C. sec. 2265 that was issued on the basis of domestic violence and abuse."); Brown v. Johnson, 387 F.3d 1344, 1347 (11th Cir. 2004) ("On July 15, 2003, the district court denied Brown's motion to amend his complaint because Brown's complaint was subject to dismissal under the PLRA, 28 U.S.C. section 1915."); Wood v. United States, 991 F.2d 915 (1st Cir. 1993) ("Upon filing this certificate, the Attorney General can remove the case to federal court (if it started in state court), substitute the United States as defendant, and, effectively, immunize the employee from any personal liability. 28 U.S.C. Section 2679(d)."); Morana v. Hernando County, CASE NO. 8:09-CV-347-T-17EAJ., 2009 BL 216888 (M.D. Fla. Oct. 7, 2009) ("This case was removed from the Hernando County Circuit Court under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1332, 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1391, 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1446 and 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1453.").
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