Benson v. Safford

ORDER

William Benson filed this Bivens action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1985 against several government officials (collectively “defendants”) for violating his First and Fifth Amendment rights. The district court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment on absolute immunity grounds. We affirm.

I

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to Benson, as we must on review of a motion for summary judgment, see Oest v. Ill. Dept. of Corr., 240 F.3d 605, 610 (7th Cir.2001), the relevant facts are as follows. Benson was convicted of three counts of federal tax evasion: one felony and two…