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Hui v. Castaneda, No. 08-1529 (U.S. Supreme Court) (559 U.S. 799; 130 S.Ct. 1845) (May 3, 2010) (Justice Sotomayor)

Loaded on May 17, 2010 published in Punch and Jurists May 17, 2010
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Public Health Service Exemption.

Here the Court held that, based on the plain language of 42 U.S.C. § 233(a), employees of the Public Health Service cannot be sued personally for damages in a Bivens lawsuit, even when they are grossly negligent in treating immigrant detainees.

At first blush, this decision appears to involve the …

 

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