U.S. Supreme Court
Dec. 1, 2015
Justices to consider key provision of Federal Tort Claims Act
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in a case which will decide whether a final judgment in a Federal Tort Claims Act case forecloses further litigation against federal employees arising from those same facts. By Paul Figley
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Simmons v. Himmelreich, 15-109, a federal inmate's Bivens suit alleging that prison officials violated his Eighth Amendment rights by failing to protect him from another inmate who had threatened a violent attack. The issue to be decided is: "Whether a final judgment in an action brought under Section 1346(b) [the Federal Tort Claims Act jurisdi...
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