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Federal Prison Staff Are Law Enforcement Official For Purposes Of FTCA Claims
Loaded on March 15, 2008
by Daniel E. Manville
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2008, page 36
Filed under:
Prisoner Property,
Federal Tort Claims Act,
Immunity/Liability,
Sovereign Immunity,
Religious Property.
Location:
Georgia.
by Dan Manville
Federal prisoners are no longer able to sue pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) for property that was negligently lost or destroyed by federal prison staff. In Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, 128 S.Ct. 831 (2008), the United States Supreme Court held that federal ...
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