Supreme Court to Decide Whether Federal Inmates Can Sue Over Medical Care
The justices will hear a case on whether federal inmates can bring claims against prison officials over allegedly unconstitutional medical care. The appeal was brought by a nurse facing a $3 million lawsuit over failing to provide care to an inmate.
The case gives the court a chance to revisit a precedent known as the Bivens doctrine, which allows lawsuits against federal officers for constitutional violations. The ruling could help define the future of that increasingly limited avenue for claims in federal prisons.
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@scotus_wire🚨 The Supreme Court will decide whether federal prisoners can sue federal prison officials for allegedly denying constitutionally adequate medical care, potentially deciding the future of the Court's increasingly limited Bivens doctrine. ht
@courthousenewsThe Supreme Court took up an appeal from a nurse facing a $3 million lawsuit over failing to provide medical care to an inmate, agreeing to review a key precedent allowing lawsuits against federal officers for constitutional violations. @Ke