bivens-claim
19 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-952 | Brij Mohan, et al. v. Jordan Watkins | Seventh Circuit | 2026-02-11 | Pending | bivens-claim constitutional-violation deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment inmate-rights pretrial-detention | In Carlson v. Green, 446 U.S. 14 (1980), this Court recognized a cause of action under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcoti… | |
| 24-5884 | Sheng-Wen Cheng v. P. Grenier, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2024-11-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bivens-claim constitutional-violation judicial-remedy prison-counselor prisoner-rights right-to-petition | Whether a Bivens claim against a prison counselor for denying a prisoner's right to petition can be dismissed despite the District Court finding a con… |
| 23-723 | Joseph Randolph Mays v. T. B. Smith, Warden, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2024-01-04 | Rehearing | Response WaivedRelisted (3) | bivens bivens-claim civil-rights damages-suit due-process employment employment-discrimination federal-prisoner race-discrimination racial-discrimination supreme-court-precedent | Whether a federal inmate prisoner may bring a Bivens claim for racial discrimination against prison officials |
| 23A489 | Martin Akerman v. General Daniel Hokanson, Chief, National Guard Bureau,et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2023-11-30 | Presumed Complete | administrative-law bivens-claim constitutional-violations federal-employment government-officials national-guard | Whether a federal employee can bring a Bivens claim against multiple government agencies and officials for alleged constitutional violations related t… | |
| 23A94 | Michael Boresky v. Jeremy Graber | Third Circuit | 2023-08-01 | Presumed Complete | bivens-claim collateral-order-doctrine false-arrest fourth-amendment qualified-immunity separation-of-powers | Whether the collateral order doctrine permits immediate appellate review of district court rulings denying motions to dismiss based on the non-cogniza… | |
| 22-6967 | Arnoldo Antonio Garcia v. Afod Valdez, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2023-03-08 | Denied | IFP | access-to-courts bivens-claim civil-detainee civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction government-liability ninth-circuit | Did the Ninth Circuit err in dismissing a meritorious Bivens claim of nationwide importance? |
| 21-6392 | Janet Berry v. William Paul Nichols, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2021-11-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment bivens-claim civil-rights digital-privacy fourth-amendment medical-records search-and-seizure standing state-actors warrantless-search | Where a BERT is created by the government accompanied with private entities acting as state actors under the color of law, via an invalid warrantless … |
| 21-204 | Montgomery Blair Sibley v. Frank Paul Geraci, Jr., et al. | Second Circuit | 2021-08-13 | Denied | Response Waived | bivens-claim constitutional-authority due-process first-amendment frivolous judicial-immunity removal separation-of-powers sua-sponte-dismissal | Whether a district court judge violates due process by sua sponte dismissing a complaint as frivolous without a hearing |
| 19-1169 | Jonas Ybarra, Jr. v. Texas Health and Human Services Commission, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2020-03-26 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-remedy bivens-claim civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-remedy retaliatory-conduct section-1983 section-1985 sex-discrimination standing | Whether Mr. Ybarra's Bivens claim has no administrative remedy and should not be construed to preclude a judicial remedy |
| 19-1033 | Daniel Enrique Cantú v. James M. Moody, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2020-02-19 | Denied | bivens bivens-claim civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process evidence-fabrication fabricated-evidence federal-officer qualified-immunity standing | Whether a plaintiff may pursue a claim under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), alleging that… | |
| 19-7186 | James R. Young v. United States, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-01-06 | Dismissed | Response WaivedIFP | bivens bivens-claim civil-rights due-process federal-courts federal-review fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis inmate-rights property property-theft standing | Did the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals abuse Petitioner's 5th Amendment due-process right to be heard on his Bivens claim on appeal by summarily di… |
| 19-546 | Douglas Brownback, et al. v. James King | Sixth Circuit | 2019-10-28 | Judgment Issued | Amici (6)Relisted (2) | bivens-claim bivens-claims civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-tort-claims-act government-liability judgment-bar sovereign-immunity state-tort-law | Whether a final judgment in favor of the United States in an action brought under Section 1346(b)(1) bars a claim under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Ag… |
| 19-443 | Charles G. Kinney v. Philip S. Gutierrez, Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California | Ninth Circuit | 2019-10-03 | Denied | Response Waived | access-to-courts bivens bivens-claim cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines obstruction-of-justice vexatious-litigant | Whether the use of vexatious litigant laws to punish an individual and preclude access to the courts, resulting in excessive fines and cruel and unusu… |
| 19-5776 | Benjamin R. Schwarz v. Erwin Meinberg, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2019-09-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | affidavit assets bivens-claim civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment federal-inmate financial-disclosure free-speech in-forma-pauperis liabilities prison-conditions standing takings ziglar-precedent | Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claims for lack of standing |
| 19-217 | DaVinci Aircraft, Inc. v. United States, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2019-08-19 | Denied | Response Waived | bivens-claim bivens-v-six-unknown-named-agents civil-asset-forfeiture civil-asset-forfeiture-reform-act civil-rights discretionary-action espionage-act federal-tort-claims-act fourth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction | Does the exception for forfeitures created by the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (CAFRA) apply to goods seized in violation of the Fourth A… |
| 19-5560 | Cecil McDonald Davis v. United States, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2019-08-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 8th-amendment bivens bivens-action bivens-claim certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-claim | Whether the District Court in denying the Petitioner's medical claim under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 38… |
| 18-9212 | Vincent McCrudden v. United States, et al. | Third Circuit | 2019-05-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bivens-claim civil-procedure civil-rights credibility-determination de-minimis-force due-process federal-tort-claims-act jury-trial standing summary-judgment | Can Courts systemically deny access to a jury trial in meritorious FTCA and Bivens Claims by making credibility determinations at the summary judgment… |
| 18-6037 | Raul S. Zavala v. Hector Rios, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2018-09-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bivens-claim civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions damages-claim due-process federal-courts mail-restrictions prison prison-mail prison-officials prison-regulations standing | WHETHER PLAINTIFF IS ENTITLED TO NOTICE WHEN UNOPENED' MAIL HAS BEEN REJECTED AND RETURNED TO THE SENDER BECAUSE IT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH PRISON REGUL… |
| 18-228 | Western Radio Services Company, Inc. v. John Allen, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2018-08-23 | Denied | Response Waived | administrative-procedures-act agency-discrimination bivens-claim class-of-one equal-protection first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation permitting-actions retaliation | Does the Administrative Procedures Act preclude a Bivens claim for First Amendment Retaliation and 'Class of One' Equal Protection? |