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· 8/2/2007

Simpson v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

Citations

  • 496 F. Supp. 2d 187
  • 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55745
  • 2007 WL 2219110

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding no personal jurisdiction over BOP employees based solely on the location of the BOP headquarters
  • transferring case because district court lacked personal jurisdiction over defendants and “the District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania will have personal jurisdiction over the two defendants”
  • transferring prisoner's civil action brought under the FTCA and Bivens to the district having \personal jurisdiction over the two defendants most involved in the underlying disciplinary proceedings and [where] venue\ is proper
  • rejecting argument that employment by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the headquarters office of which is in the District of Columbia, rendered its officials subject to suit in their individual capacities in this district
  • transferring prisoner’s civil action brought under Bivens and the Federal Tort Claims Act to the district having “personal jurisdiction over the two defendants most involved in the underlying disciplinary proceedings and [where] venue” is proper
  • transferring prisoner’s civil action brought under Bivens and the Federal Tort Claims Act to the district having “personal jurisdiction over the two defendants most involved in the underlying disciplinary proceedings and [where] venue” is proper

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Judges: Kotelly

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