Opinion ID: 4689057
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Text: For these reasons, we will affirm the District Court’s grant of the Appellee’s motion for judgment on the pleadings. 10 SHWARTZ, J. dissenting. Today we consider whether a federal prisoner may sue a federal corrections officer based upon inhumane conditions of confinement that violate the Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), allows lawsuits against federal officers for violations of the Constitution in certain identified contexts as well as when there are no special factors counseling hesitation against allowing a claim in a new context to proceed. Because the present case does not present a new context, and, even if it were a new context, the special factors do not counsel against recognizing a conditions of confinement claim, I would vacate the order granting Lieutenant Barben judgment on the pleadings.