Document ID: ./input/supremecourt_opinions/opinions/16pdf/15-1358_6khn.pdf
Page Number: 39.0

Cite as:  582 U. S. ____ (2017) 

1 

Opinion of THOMAS, J. 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

_________________ 

Nos. 15–1358, 15–1359 and 15–1363 
_________________ 

15–1358 

JAMES W. ZIGLAR, PETITIONER 
v. 
AHMER IQBAL ABBASI, ET AL. 

JOHN D. ASHCROFT, FORMER ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, ET AL., PETITIONERS 
v. 
AHMER IQBAL ABBASI, ET AL. 

15–1359 

15–1363 

DENNIS HASTY, ET AL., PETITIONERS 
v. 
AHMER IQBAL ABBASI, ET AL. 

ON WRITS OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT 

[June 19, 2017] 

JUSTICE  THOMAS,  concurring  in  part  and  concurring  in 

the judgment. 

I join the Court’s opinion except for Part IV–B.  I write 
separately  to  express  my  view  on  the  Court’s  decision  to
remand  some  of  respondents’  claims  under  Bivens  v.  Six 
Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U. S. 388 (1971), and 
my concerns about our qualified immunity precedents. 

I 
With  respect  to  respondents’  Bivens  claims,  I  join  the
opinion  of  the  Court  to  the  extent  it  reverses  the  Second
Circuit’s  ruling.    The  Court  correctly  applies  our  prece-
dents to hold that Bivens does not supply a cause of action
against  petitioners  for  most  of  the  alleged  Fourth  and