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Supreme Court seems likely to limit prisoners’ ability to sue over claims of poor medical care
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The Supreme Court appeared likely Monday to curtail lawsuits by federal inmates who claim they have received inadequate medical care from prison officials, which would further erode a legal precedent that has allowed people to hold federal law enforcement accountable for alleged constitutional violations for decades. Democracy Dies in Darkness Courts & Law Supreme Court seems likely to limit prisoners’ ability to sue over claims of poor medical care The justices did not seem ready to...
The Supreme Court appeared likely Monday to curtail lawsuits by federal inmates who claim they have received inadequate medical care from prison officials, which would further erode a legal precedent that has allowed people to hold federal law enforcement accountable for alleged constitutional violations for decades.
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Supreme Court seems likely to limit prisoners’ ability to sue over claims of poor medical care
The justices did not seem ready to overturn a 1971 precedent that let individuals harmed by federal officers in violation of their constitutional rights sue for monetary damages.
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