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Supreme Court: No Bivens Actions for Federal Prisoners in Private Prison

Loaded on Feb. 15, 2013 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News February, 2013, page 36
Filed under: GEO Group/Wackenhut, Skeletal Injury, Private Contractors, Restraints, Civil Procedure, State Law Claims. Location: California.
by Matt Clarke

In an 8-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that federal prisoners housed in privately-managed prisons may not file Bivens-style federal lawsuits against private prison employees alleging lack of medical care in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

Richard Lee Pollard was a federal prisoner incarcerated in ...

 

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