Tag: federal bureau of prisons
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10th Circuit underscores most lawsuits against federal officials are ‘dead’
The federal appeals court based in Denver emphasized on Tuesday that lawsuits against federal officials who violate people’s constitutional rights are “all but dead” — thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions. Lawsuits seeking money damages against federal employees for constitutional violations are known as a “Bivens remedy,” stemming from a 1971 Supreme Court…
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10th Circuit fixes oversight, overturns judge’s order in prisoner lawsuit
Although the federal appeals court based in Denver declined on Tuesday to revisit its prior ruling making it easier for prison officials to defeat lawsuits from incarcerated plaintiffs, it corrected a seeming oversight and overturned a judge’s order that both sides took issue with. In March, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals…