Goldey v. Fields (606 U.S. 942)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 30, 2025 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 606 U.S. 942 · 145 S. Ct. 2613
- Decided
- June 30, 2025
- Term
- October Term 2024
- Vote
- 9–0
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 606 U. S. Part 2 Pages 942–945 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 30, 2025 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. Per Curiam GOLDEY, ASSOCIATE WARDEN, et al. v. FIELDS et al. on petition for writ of certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the fourth circuit No. 24–809. Decided June 30, 2025 Prison offcials at the U. S. Penitentiary in Lee County, Virginia, placed respondent Fields in solitary confnement. Fields alleges that during periodic checks, offcials physically abused him. Fields sued the Bureau of Prisons and prison offcials for damages, claiming excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The District Court dismissed Fields's complaint, determining he lacked a cause of action under Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U. S. 388. The Fourth Cir- cuit reversed, concluding that Fields could proceed with his Eighth Amendment excessive-force claim for damages. Held: Bivens does not extend to allow an Eighth Amendment excessive- force claim for damages against federal prison offcials. For 45…
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