SCOTUS NEWSCourt again rejects extension of Bivens suits against federal officialsContinuing an unbroken decades-long run, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to extend the right to sue federal officers for damages under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents. Boule sued Egbert under Bivens, the 1971 decision that (in some circumstances) allows claims for money damages against federal officials for constitutional violations. It held both claims involved new contexts that differed from the limited Bivens claims the court has already recognized. The court has never recognized a Bivens claim for a First Amendment violation, and the immigration and border placed the Fourth Amendment claim in a new context. Sotomayor agreed that Boule’s First Amendment claim could not proceed under Bivens, but argued that the Fourth Amendment claim was “materially indistinguishable” from the routine Fourth Amendment claim in Bivens.

Source: Washington Post June 08, 2022 16:36 UTC