This article dicusses developments in excessive police force law, focusing on the Supreme Court’s 2025 decision in Barnes v.

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The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a Virginia inmate cannot sue prison officials for damages over claims they used excessive force in breach of his 8th Amendment rights. It’s the ...

Fields filed a civil suit against the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), the warden, supervisory prison officials, and the guards, ...

The justices didn’t squash precedent that opens federal officials up to paying damages, but they failed to expand its ...