Punch and Jurists

Minneci v. Pollard, No. 10-1104 (U.S. Supreme Court) (565 U.S. 118; 132 S.Ct. 617) (January 10, 2012) (Justice Breyer) by The question raised in this case was whether a Federal prisoner, incarcerated in a privately run Federal prison, could seek damages in the Federal courts from privately employed prison personnel …

Holly v. Scott, No. 05-6287 (4th Cir.) (434 F.3d 287) (January 12, 2006) (Judge J. Harvie III Wilkinson) by Ricky Lee Holly, a Federal inmate serving his sentence at a private prison under contract with the Bureau of Prisons, sued the prison medical staff, under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named …