A US Supreme Court case over an injured inmate’s claim that a prison nurse refused requests for medical aid highlights the dizzying path for seeking legal redress for abuses by federal officials, as doubts persist about a longstanding precedent.
The dispute, to be argued Monday, comes amid a spike in claims targeting federal agents’ actions as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. They include cases initiated by the families of Renee Good and Silverio Villegas González, who were fatally shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis and Chicago.
The route for such cases, however, has been largely …
