Correctional Services Corporation v. Malesko

Correctional Services Corporation v. Malesko
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 1, 2001 Decided November 27, 2001
Full case name	Correctional Services Corporation v. Malesko
Holding
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority	Rehnquist, joined by O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas
Concurrence	Scalia, joined by Thomas
Dissent	Stevens, joined by Souter, Ginsburg and Breyer

Correctional Services Corporation v. Malesko, 534 U.S. 61 (2001), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, in which the court found that implied damages actions first recognized in Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971) should not be extended to allow recovery against a private corporation operating a halfway house under contract with the Bureau of Prisons.

A Bivens action is a civil rights violation suit against the government under Section 1983. The High Court limited this court invented private right of action to exclude corporate defendants. Plaintiff's actions against the individual employees were barred by the statute of limitations because the names of the John Doe defendant prison guards (esp. Jorge Urena) were not known to the plaintiff.

See also

• Works related to Correctional Services Corporation v. Malesko at Wikisource
• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 534
• List of United States Supreme Court cases

External links

• Text of Correctional Services Corporation v. Malesko, 534 U.S. 61 (2001) is available from: Justia · Findlaw