United States Supreme Court
Minneci v. Pollard, 10-1104
In an appeal from a judgment of the appeals court vacating the trial court's dismissal of petitioner's Bivens claim against employees at a privately run federal prison in California for deprivation of adequate medical care, judgment is reversed where, on the circumstances of the case, no Bivens remedy can be implied because state tort law authorizes adequate alternative damages action, thus providing both significant deterrence and compensation.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/10/2012
- Published 01/10/2012
Judges
- BREYER
Court
- United States Supreme Court