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Ninth Circuit Disfavors First Amendment Bivens Claim Against Private Reentry Center
Loaded on April 16, 2018
by Matthew Clarke
Filed under:
Disciplinary Hearings,
Disciplinary Appeals,
Attorney Visits,
First Amendment, rights,
Fifth Amendment.
Locations:
Washington,
United States of America.
by Matthew Clarke
On February 7, 2018, the Ninth Circuit court of appeals held that a federal prisoner could not pursue a claim that a privately operated reentry center's employees had violated his First and Fifth Amendment rights under Bivens v. Six Unknown Federal Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. …
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