Legal Opinion
Alba v. Montford
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 22, 2008No. 06-14508PublishedCited by 617 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COX, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the narrow question of whether a federal prisoner incarcerated in a privately operated prison may pursue a Bivens action against employees of the private prison for allegedly violating his Eighth Amendment right to medical treatment. The district court held that he cannot. We affirm.
I. Background
Luis Francisco Alba, a federal prisoner, filed a pro se civil rights complaint while incarcerated at the McRae Correctional Facility in McRae, Georgia. McRae is a private facility owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America (“CCA”). CCA operates the…
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