Legal Opinion
Peter Bistrian v. Troy Levi
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 28, 2018No. 18-1967; 18-1991; 18-1992; 18-2011; 18-2017PublishedCited by 269 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JORDAN, Circuit Judge.
Peter Bistrian, a detainee at the Federal Detention Center ("FDC") in Philadelphia, brought suit against prison officials there. He alleges that they failed to protect him from other prisoners and punitively detained him in the FDC's Special Housing Unit ("SHU"). 1 The District Court granted qualified immunity to some defendants on some claims, but denied summary judgment on Bistrian's constitutional claims, which were brought pursuant to 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). For the…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Scott v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
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3Cited by269 opinions
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