bivens-claims

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-41 Michael D. Cohen v. Donald J. Trump, former President of the United States, et al. Second Circuit 2024-07-15 Denied Amici (1) bivens-action bivens-claims civil-liberties constitutional-rights first-amendment first-amendment-rights free-speech habeas-corpus retaliation retaliatory-imprisonment Whether a cause of action exists under Bivens when federal officials imprison a critic in retaliation for his refusal to waive his right to free speec…
20-7725 Todd Glenn Dean v. F. Entzel, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-exhaustion bivens-claims civil-rights civil-rights-act constitutional-violation due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection fourteenth-amendment Whether the district and appeals courts erred in overlooking constitutional and civil rights violations
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…
18-8376 Dee Deidre Farmer v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia District of Columbia 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP bivens-claims civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-district-court jurisdiction jurisdictional-transfer prisoner-civil-action prisoner-rights residence-determination standing venue-requirements When a prisoner initiates a civil action in a federal district court should that court deem the prisoner a resident of the state in which she/he resid…