Oral argument: Dec. 10, 2008
Appealed from: United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit (June 14, 2007)
PRISONER ABUSE, QUALIFIED IMMUNITY, PLEADING REQUIREMENTS, BIVENS, TWOMBLY, JURISDICTIONIn the wake...
Bivens
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On June 7, 2010, a group of Mexican teenagers were playing below a bridge leading to the United States border—in a channel that separated Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas. See Hernández v. Mesa, 757 F.3d 249, 255 (5th Cir. 2014); Brief for Petitioners...
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Oral argument: Nov. 1, 2011
Appealed from: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (June 7, 2010)
While serving time in a privately operated federal prison, Respondent Richard Lee Pollard fell and broke both his elbows....