Tenth Circuit Tosses 'Bivens' Lawsuit Against U.S. Marshals, Offers Candid Assessment of Supreme Court Precedent

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In Logsdon v. U.S. Marshal Service, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit made the seemingly all-but-inevitable decision to refuse to recognize a Bivens claim in a new context. But in doing so, the appellate court offered a surprisingly candid assessment of the current state of the law—and on where the Supreme Court is headed.