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Fourth Circuit· 6/6/2023

Joseph Mays v. T. Smith

Citations

  • 70 F.4th 198

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  • recognizing that the PLRA “does not provide for a standalone damages remedy against federal jailers[.]” (quoting Ziglar, 582 U.S. at 149)
  • recognizing that the PLRA “does not provide for a standalone damages remedy against federal jailers[.]” (quoting Ziglar, 582 U.S. at 149)
  • concluding that a federal inmate’s claim for damages under the Fifth Amendment for alleged violations of his right to procedural due process presented a new Bivens context
  • stating that the BOP must be given deference concerning prison discipline and inmate employment
  • refusing to extend Bivens remedy beyond three very specific contexts permitted by the Supreme Court
  • declining to extend Bivens to an inmate’s Fifth Amendment equal protection and due process claims stemming from alleged racial discrimination by the inmate’s supervisor in the BOP’s employment program

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