Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Kotter
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 2, 2008No. 06-1922PublishedCited by 756 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
After suffering back injuries on two occasions while incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, Michael Jackson brought a lawsuit against employees of the prison. He raised a negligence claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), see 28 U.S.C. § 2679, and constitutional claims pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971). Jackson amended his original complaint to name the United States as the proper defendant of his FTCA action, but the district court dismissed the claim against the…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Pruitt v. MoteCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
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