Civil Rights
Oct. 3, 2008
Detainee Death Suit Can Move Forward, Panel Says
A wrongful death lawsuit brought against individual public health officials by the family of a former detained immigrant can move forward, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
By Sandra Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - A wrongful death lawsuit brought against individual public health officials by the family of a former detained immigrant can move forward, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
Writing for the three-member panel, Judge Milan D. Smith Jr. upheld a federal judge's earlier ruling. Smith wrote that public health officials are not immune from a Bivens action, which allows individuals...
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