Legal Opinion
Peoples v. CCA Detention Centers
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 7, 2005No. 04-3071, 04-3124PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Cornelius E. Peoples filed two separate claims for damages pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), alleging violations of his constitutional rights while being held in pretrial detention at a privately run prison under contract with the United States Marshal Service. In the first suit (Peoples I), Mr. Peoples alleged a violation of his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment; in the second suit (Peoples II), he brought a variety of claims based on his…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Lewis v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1996
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3Cited by108 opinions
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- Brent Jacoby v. Baldwin CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
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