Legal Opinion
Holly v. Scott
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 12, 2006No. 05-6287PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*288Reversed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge HARWELL joined. Judge MOTZ wrote a separate opinion concurring in the judgment.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge.
We granted interlocutory review in this case to decide whether individual employees of a privately operated prison face Eighth Amendment liability under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), and its progeny for allegedly providing inadequate medical care to a federal inmate. We decline to extend the Bivens cause of action to…
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