Sanford J. Berger v. Samuel R. Pierce

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that the federal 9 government cannot engage in “racketeering activity” because it cannot be “charged,” “indicted,” 10 or “punished” for violations of state and federal criminal provisions
• holding that federal government is definitionally incapable of engaging in “racketeering activity”
• explaining that “a Bivens claim may not be asserted against a federal officer in his official capacity”
• providing that “a Bivens claim may not be asserted against a federal officer in his official capacity”
• stating that a federal prisoner cannot bring a Bivens action against the Bureau of Prisons
• “a Bivens claim may not be asserted against a federal officer in his official capacity”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).