Legal Opinion
James v. Reno
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 11, 1999No. Civ.A.98-1750(RWR)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROBERTS, District Judge.
Federal inmate Troy James was denied a reclassification from a high security level to a medium one, and a relocation from a United States Penitentiary to a Federal Correctional Institution. He filed this action for damages, pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), for violations of his Fifth and Eighth Amendment rights. He sues the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal Bu reau of Prisons and the Regional Director and Regional Designator of the Bureau of Prisons’ South Central Region in…
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